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Just Talk to Me – PHE America

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People with physical disabilities hold limited positions as scholars, teachers, or leaders in physical education, recreation, and sports. Perhaps the reason is that the field is flooded with able-bodied people who think they know best. But do they? Michael Oliver, imminent writer, and scholar argued that people with physical disabilities should be the only ones in the field of disability studies because they have a bodily experience with disabilities. The following five-part article series shares the perspective of a scholar in the field of sports disability who has his own physical limitations. In each article, he

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How The Galaxy Ecosystem Helps Entrepreneurs Work On The Go

Owning a small business has never been so exciting. And things are looking up: According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business’s Small Business Confidence Index, confidence among owners is on the rise.

But that doesn’t mean the obstacles of the last couple of years have left entrepreneurs unscathed. From inflation to workforce shortages, small business owners have been struggling to do more with less—and as data from the Business Development Bank of Canada show, that’s straining work-life balance and creating stress for many.

“2023 is not without its own challenges as well as opportunities,” said Paul Edwards, vice-president and

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Small Business Owners Concerned About Employee Retention, Product Shortages, and Inflation, TD Bank Survey Shows

Cherry Hill, NJ – June 20, 2023 – Inflation was identified as one of the top business concerns impacting small businesses, according to the results of the 2023 Small Business Survey, released today by TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank®. The survey collected insights from over 500 small business owners (SBOs), with between $250,000 and $5 million in annual revenue, on the challenges, priorities, and trends heading into the second half of 2023.

In addition to 62% of business owners naming inflation as one of their primary business concerns, other top areas of concern were:

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Businesses are harnessing the potential of emerging AI technologies with help from Sage

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Sage is embedding AI into several of its product and service offerings, specifically its accounting software.Supplied

As Canadian businesses rebound from the past few years of stress and uncertainty, a new report by Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR and payroll technology for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), reveals SMBs across the country are experiencing a one-two punch of rising costs and a scarcity of talent. But they’re not without a way to combat these challenges.

Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) are helping them win the battle. “AI is a great

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Small businesses turning to credit cards to ‘keep the lights on’: Equifax

A server brings food to a table as people dine at a restaurant in Vancouver, on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. As hotel and restaurant owners increasingly turn to temporary foreign workers to fill labor gaps, there are growing calls to give those workers more paths to permanent residency. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

A new Equifax Canada survey says small businesses are increasingly using their credit cards to maintain their operations, a worrying trend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Small businesses are increasingly turning to high-interest debt such as credit cards to keep the lights on, according to a new survey from Equifax Canada.

“I think what we’re really starting to see now in the economy is the fallout of the pandemic. A lot of small businesses have had a lot of debt accumulated from a pandemic,” Jeff Brown, head of commercial solutions at Equifax Canada, said in a phone interview.

“We’re seeing this

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Loan repayments could lead to closures of 8,000 small Saskatchewan businesses

“Those small businesses that fought three hard years just to survive the pandemic are still facing significant challenges on their road to recovery,” said Solberg, whose organization has 4,000 business members.

Solberg conducted a survey with the CFIB which concluded that 19 per cent of all small businesses could close in Saskatchewan.
The loan repayment date was already extended by the federal government once, but Solberg said it’s necessary for the federal government to extend it further.

“The message is loud and clear from small businesses that they need more time and obviously they appreciate the deadline has been extended

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Revelstoke business wins Small Business BC Award, pitches to Dragons’ Den

It’s been a busy few weeks for Jackie Rhind and her team at Ovry after she auditioned for Dragons’ Denwon a Small Business BC Award, and got married.

In April, local business, Ovry, was nominated for a Small Business BC award for Best Youth Entrepreneur, which it won. The ceremony was held last Friday (June 2) in Vancouver, but Rhind and his team couldn’t attend because they were busy in Revelstoke with her wedding the following day. Rhind spoke about the award and what it means to the business and her pitch to Dragon’s Den which happened a few

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KWIECINSKI: Toronto small businesses need construction relief now

Published June 02, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read

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Looking eastbound and westbound along the construction corridor that will shut down Queen St. East and West for the next four-and-a-half years to accommodate the building of a section of the Ontario Line subway project on Tuesday May 16, 2023. It is only open to pedestrian traffic. Photo by Jack Boland /Toronto Sun/Postmedia Network

Toronto has witnessed the havoc that lengthy construction projects wreak on small businesses. The Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (LRT) project has been under construction

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