For seven months, not a creature has stirred anywhere near Barren Ground Coffee’s modest 51 Avenue storefront. But the roast must go on and behind the scenes, the beans have been moving like hotcakes. The roasters started in Old Town in 2017 and move to the core in late 2019. The pandemic forced their shutdown less …
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Dinku Tadesse becomes misty eyed when he talks about the support Yellowknife has shown his restaurant. He and his wife Eline Baye opened Zehabesha Traditional Ethiopian Food restaurant six years ago and he wants the community to know, thanks to their loyalty, the restaurant is “not going anywhere.” When they first closed their doors in …
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Some businesses have found themselves adapting to the circumstances of the pandemic just to survive, but some, like Jackpine Paddle have found a way to thrive. Like other tourism operators, the canoe adventure company’s traditional reliance on international tourists was halted when Covid arrived in the NWT in March and the border was closed. Jackpine …
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Roy’s Audio Video Unlimited stands out as one of few small Yellowknife businesses that not only stayed open throughout the pandemic, but experienced a rise in sales. From March until October, sales increased by more than 20 per cent compared to the same period for last year, said owner Roy Williams, who has been running …