Minister of Economic Development Mélanie Joly announced on Friday that the government is investing $250,000 into small businesses in Stirling, Tweed, and Bath, Ont.

A director of a national small business group is calling for more efficient and accessible government funding to help reopen after the coronavirus pandemic.

More and more Edmonton businesses are seeing their workers choose to take the federal government's emergency benefit rather than return to work this summer.

After 27 years, a fixture on Whyte Ave will permanently close.

Edmontonians who supported small businesses during the pandemic are seeing some turn a corner.

Small business owners say commercial landlords may not opt into the Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) program.

The eight-week campaign, "Hit our Bricks... Small is the New Mall", seeks to lure shoppers back downtown to help local merchants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Twitter Canada says the #SupportLocal hashtag has grown in popularity in recent weeks.

Entrepreneurs in Grand Forks spent months trying to recuperate from devastating floods that happened two years ago, and just as they were getting back on their feet, the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Clothing retailers are facing a new set of challenges as they prepare to reopen, including an altered fitting room experience and holds on returns.