Canadians are back to starting their own businesses. Some see opportunities, some want a change but for others like Julie McClure, juicing might have saved her life, well at least her quality of life.
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The 2013 edition of the Business Outlook from BMO Bank of Montreal showed that Canadian businesses are becoming more reliant on trade with the United States. The report showed that 39 percent of Canadian business owners said they were reliant on the U.S. for trade, up 18 percent on a year-over-year comparison.
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With the entrepreneurial spirit returning across Canada, innovations are bound to be successful. This means that many self-starting Canadian business owners will be faced with the decision of selling what they built.
Obviously a decision like this should be well thought out and small business owners need to plan accordingly. For many self starters looking to [Read More]
Google recently issued its eTown Award, designed to recognize towns where small businesses are investing in online tools and resources to expand their business, to five Canadian cities to improve operations and find new customers.
Small business owners in the Toronto area should consider portable storage containers as a venue to conduct their business operations, in [Read More]
A recent report by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce shows that Canada is becoming a country of entrepreneurs, as it showed a sharp increase in the number of Canadians starting their own businesses. The report found that during June, a record number of more than a half million Canadians said they had started their own [Read More]
A recent report by Statistics Canada shows more retail sales occurred throughout the country during July than was originally expected.
Individuals needing to free up space in their homes from their accumulated retail items should look into cheap storage in the Greater Toronto Area.
The data showed that retail sales increased 0.7 percent to the near record [Read More]
Hollywood North has made a comeback in the film and television industry as the industry's finances show spending increased $903 million in 2010, to $1.15 billion in 2011. The Toronto Film Festival also recently came to a close, after 11 days, nearly 300 films and more than 1,000 screenings later.
Any Toronto-area film fans looking for [Read More]
With global economies across the world a experiencing downturn, it's no wonder that confidence among small business owners in Canada is dropping.
“Sliding confidence numbers suggest small business owners in our province are not immune to global trends,” Richard Truscott, Alberta Director for CFIB, told the Calgary Herald. “Thankfully, in spite of the ongoing turmoil, Alberta’s [Read More]
Utilizing social media and video sharing sites can make or break any small business. YouTube reported that in in 2011 they experienced more than 1 trillion views, accounting for nearly 140 views for every living person. The social media site Twitter reports having more than 140 million users, while Facebook said they hit 901 million [Read More]
Statistics Canada recently released the third tranche of the 2011 census, showing a divergence from the once nuclear family norm in Canada found 50 years ago. Now families show more complex household trends including living alone, remarrying, having stepchildren and multiple generations under one roof, the Toronto Star reported.
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