With the pandemic now in its second year and economies starting to reopen, NCM reporter Asfia Yasir takes a look at how small businesses in Ontario are adapting to new market trends and altered consumer demands.
View More “Drive-in Shisha,” Virtual Training: Businesses Adapt for Reopening
To survive in Toronto’s Little Jamaica, businesses need to outlast COVID-19 and LRT construction which has already dragged on for nearly a decade, Marcus Medford reports.
View More Little Jamaica’s Perfect Storm
One in five Canadians has a favourite live music venue in their community and half believe it is likely the venue will close, impacting their neighbourhoods economically, culturally, and socially.
View More COVID-19 and the Day the Music Died
This fourth edition of our special project, “Bridging the Mainstream-Ethnic Digital Divide in COVID-19 Literacy,” focuses on the economic impacts of the pandemic on immigrants and visible minorities, as covered in ethnic media in comparison to mainstream media.
View More What an Inclusive Recovery from the COVID-19 “Economic Firestorm” Could Look Like
Toronto professor and chef Leo Chan has plans to revive the slowing business in Chinatown and preserve the area’s history on a digital archive.
View More Reviving Chinatown Restaurants
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the marginalized, under-served, and those with pre-existing vulnerabilities who lack the tools to weather the economic fallout.
View More Are Canadians Truly ‘In It Together’?
Plastic waste is piling up in landfills and polluting waterways, but the movement to cut down on plastic is being knocked off course by COVID-19, as retailers turn increasingly to single-use solutions to contain the virus.
View More COVID-19’s Environmental Footprint: Cleaner Air Far Offset by Increased Use of Plastics
With the coronavirus appearing to now be under control in the country where it started, China is firing up its economic engine. But as one Canadian entrepreneur found, rejuvenating business will require focusing on new opportunities.
View More Canadian Software Company in China Re-Opens Amid Fears of ‘Second Wave’
Minesh Prajapati, 45, moved from Brampton, near Toronto, to Kirkland Lake. Now, with a colleague, he buys a new Subway sandwich franchise every year.
View More Immigrant-Owned Businesses a New Trend in the North
After months of political protests and social turmoil brought Hong Kong to a near standstill, fears of the COVID-19 outbreak are disrupting the city again, compelling the Canadian community in Hong Kong to weigh the economic pros and cons of life in Asia’s financial hub.
View More Canadians in Hong Kong Review City’s Economic Future Amid Outbreak