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With in-person classes expected to resume at <a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/queens-university/" target="_blank">Queen&#8217;s University</a> this fall, many downtown businesses are excited to welcome back the student population.
&#8220;Students definitely are part of the success of downtown because we need them for hospitality, food and beverage, retail and some other sectors also. So, when they&#8217;re gone, they&#8217;re missed. And it&#8217;s been a long year and a half,&#8221; says Marijo Cuerrier of Downtown Kingston.
		
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One business that has especially missed Queen&#8217;s students is YGK Thrift.
The thrift store is owned and run by <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/" target="_blank">Almost Home</a>, a charity organization that provides housing for families whose children are receiving medical treatment in Kingston-area hospitals.
&#8220;Queen&#8217;s students were a big part of this store starting. It was kickstarted really by the Vogue Charity Fashion Show last year, through a donation that they made and support that they made,&#8221; says Sam MacLeod of Almost Home. &#8220;They helped us decorate the store, choose the colours, decide on the layout and we still have a lot of people from the charity fashion show working with us.&#8221;
MacLeod says he is eager to have students back in the downtown core.
&#8220;The point of the store is really to invite students in, to get students donating their clothes, but also buying clothes. And so we&#8217;re really looking forward to when they come back,&#8221; he says. &#8220;Because they&#8217;re one of our primary targets as far as who we&#8217;re hoping to sell to.&#8221;
			
				
						
												
						
						
		
			
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Jade Courchesne is a Queen&#8217;s University student and volunteers at YGK Thrift. She says her friends and classmates will be returning to Kingston in the fall.
&#8220;I know a lot of my friends are coming back and they&#8217;re excited to be back on campus, and they&#8217;re excited to go downtown and to eat out. And usually, when you&#8217;re downtown you don&#8217;t just go to a restaurant, you go to all the stores, right? So you go to Agent99, or YGK Thrift,&#8221; says Courchesne.
		
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She says that she thinks it will start to feel more like it did pre-pandemic.
&#8220;I&#8217;m excited. I feel like it&#8217;s going to become the hub downtown again, like how we saw it a couple of years ago, or two years ago. So, it&#8217;s going to be good I think,&#8221; Courchesne says.
For some businesses, returning students not only mean an economic boost, but also a pool of potential employees as they continue to ramp up operations post lockdown.
In the case of YGK Thrift, students back in Kingston means more opportunity for donations, volunteers and purchases for the good of their charity.

Downtown businesses are gearing up for the return of students this fall. Not only will they bring an economic boost, but also a pool of potential employees. Watch video →

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If you’re an early-stage founder, you’d be wise to make <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">TechCrunch Disrupt 2021</a> (September 21-23) your must-attend virtual destination. It’s the OG of tech startup conferences, draws more than 10,000 attendees from around the world and features some of the most gifted, visionary minds and makers across the entire tech spectrum.
Cash-strapped founders in the early innings of their startup love to save money, and we get it in a big way. That’s why our Founder pass is the perfect choice for you. Right now, you can <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">buy a Founder Pass for $79</a> but the clock is ticking on this early bird deal. It flies away — and prices go up — on July 30 at 11:59 pm (PT).
The price might be small, but a Founder pass provides full access to Disrupt programming — more than 100 hours of live content and three months of video-on-demand access. You’ll connect and network with thousands of Disrupt attendees, strike up ad hoc conversations in the virtual platform&#8217;s chat feature and use CrunchMatch to set up private 1:1 meetings with potential customers, investors or employees.
Watch the <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/tag/startup-battlefield" target="_blank">Startup Battlefield</a>, explore hundreds of early-stage startups exhibiting in the Startup Alley expo area and take full strategic advantage of the free, three-month <a href="https://techcrunch.com/extracrunch/" target="_blank">Extra Crunch</a> membership that comes with your Founder pass.
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“Disrupt is laser-focused on startups. I’m just starting my own company and attending Disrupt was an incredible opportunity to connect with companies and learn from the best people in the industry.” — Anirudh Murali, co-founder and CEO, Economize.
“My top three benefits of going to Disrupt were introducing my product to people who would not have seen it otherwise; networking with investors, mentors, advisors and potential customers and, finally, talking to other entrepreneurs and founders and learning what it took to get their companies off the ground.” — Felicia Jackson, inventor and founder of CPRWrap.
“Disrupt gave our company and technology invaluable exposure to potential customers and partners that we would not have met otherwise. A company that does 15 billion in annual sales thinks our tech is a fit for their ecosystem, and we’re excited to continue building that relationship.” — Joel Neidig, founder of SIMBA Chain.
Take a few minutes and peruse <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank">the Disrupt 2021 agenda</a>. Don’t miss out on <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/tag/startup-battlefield" target="_blank">Startup Battlefield</a> or any of the pitch feedback sessions — they’re great opportunities to learn what investors look for in a pitch. The pitch(deck) you improve could be your own.
<a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">TechCrunch Disrupt 2021</a> takes place on September 21-23, but time is running out for you to <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">buy a Founder Pass</a> for only $79. Prices go up when the early-bird deal expires on July 30 at 11:59 pm (PT). 
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Many B.C. businesses have suffered due to the effects of the <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/covid-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> pandemic, but some have found themselves dealing with unexpected and unprecedented demand.
Colwood dog trainer Marjanna Wornell runs one of those businesses.
Since the surge in adoptions of so-called &#8220;pandemic puppies,&#8221; Wornell&#8217;s Middle Earth Canine Academy has seen a deluge of new clients — enough to fill a pair of binders each bigger than an old-fashioned phone book.
		
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&#8220;When the lockdown came I was getting a little concerned, I took a few clients without payments &#8230; because they were so desperate for help &#8212; as soon as the lockdown was lifting, it was just a flood,&#8221; she said.
&#8220;I think for some people it wasn&#8217;t quite what they prepared for, especially when they get into their adolescent phase, just over six months to just under a year,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That can be a trying time.&#8221;
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Wornell said the demand is so high she&#8217;s working six days a week, and frequently taking clients on her day off too.
At Wornell&#8217;s aptly-named dog school, dogs are trained in a little hobbit house that provides an indoor environment where they can be taught what is and what isn&#8217;t acceptable behaviour indoors.
They&#8217;re also taught verbal and visual commands — the later of which has been crucial for client Zack Dutrisac whose seven-month old pandemic pup Finn is deaf.
&#8220;A little bit more work? A lot more work,&#8221; he said.
		
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The surge in pet adoptions over the course of COVID-19, as many people moved to working from home or sought additional companionship during restrictions, had raised concerns that there could be a corresponding wave of returns.
According to the BC SPCA, that hasn&#8217;t happened yet, and that could be in part due to help from trainers like Wornell who have helped dogs and their owners develop a workable relationship.
&#8220;The biggest hope is that now that things are opening up again, they&#8217;re not going to be returning their pets to shelters and things like that, because it&#8217;s a family member its a commitment.&#8221;

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Yes Virginia, there are advantages to exhibiting in (the sold-out) Startup Alley at<a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> TC Disrupt 2021</a>. Out of all the early-stage startups ready to exhibit on September 21-23, Team TechCrunch hand-picked 50 to form the<a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/tag/startup-alley" target="_blank"> Startup Alley+</a> cohort.
Startup Alley+ is a VIP experience designed to help founders grow their business and increase their opportunities right now in the run-up to Disrupt.
Hold up: Don’t miss the opportunity to meet and network with all the innovative startups you’ll find in Startup Alley — including the Startup Alley+ cohort. Attend Disrupt for less than $100 — if you<a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> buy your early bird pass</a> before prices go up on July 30 at 11:59 pm (PT).
The VIP experience includes three masterclass sessions on crucial topics that all startup founders need to, well, master. Case in point: product-market fit. It’s an elusive and yet essential first step to unlocking growth. You can’t build success without a product that quenches the demand of a thirsty market.
On August 24, <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank">Dan Olsen</a> will conduct a masterclass on the art and science of product-market fit. Olsen, a product management trainer and consultant, works with CEOs and product leaders to build strong product teams. His clients include Google, Facebook, Amazon, Uber, Box and Walmart.
A best-selling author of<a href="https://amzn.to/2WUMFLr" target="_blank"> The Lean Product Playbook</a>, Olsen has literally written the book on product-market fit. In his masterclass, How to Create Product-Market Fit, Dan will draw on material in the book and share his simple but effective framework. He will explain his Product-Market Fit Pyramid and The Lean Product Process, a six-step methodology that guides you through how to:
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Dan will illustrate these concepts with real-world examples and a comprehensive case study.
We’re especially excited to have Dan present his masterclass because he’s firmly rooted in TechCrunch lore. Way back in 2009, a company called<a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yourversion" target="_blank"> YourVersion</a> — founded by Olsen —<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2009/09/14/tc50-yourversion-wins-peoples-choice-award-in-the-demopit/" target="_blank"> won the peoples’ choice at TechCrunch50</a>, the precursor to Disrupt.
Olsen’s product-market fit expertise — and his personal connection to the early-stage founder experience — will help the Startup Alley+ cohort learn how to turn product management into more of a science than an art and improve their odds of success.
<a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">TechCrunch Disrupt 2021</a> takes place September 21-23. Don’t miss your opportunity to attend for less than $100. Buy your early bird pass here before the deal expires on July 30 at 11:59 pm (PT).
Is your company interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at Disrupt 2021? Contact our sponsorship sales team by <a href="http://info.techcrunch.com/SponsorshipsInterest.html" target="_blank">filling out this form</a>.
	
	
	
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Tick tock, early-stage startup fans: If you plan to attend <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">TechCrunch Disrupt 2021</a> (September 21-23), time is running out to score a pass to the world’s leading conference dedicated to tech startups — for less than $100. The early bird sale ends this week, so <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank" rel="noopener" target="_blank">buy your pass here</a> before the deal expires on July 30 at 11:59 pm (PT).
And if you’re part of the tech startup ecosystem — or aspire to be — why the heck wouldn’t you dive headlong into three days dedicated to the art and science required to build and scale successful startups? Just listen to what three past attendees said about their Disrupt experience.
Disrupt is a great sweet spot, and highly valuable, for anyone in the idea stage all the way through to having raised some angel money. Soak up the pitch deck teardowns and the VC presentations. They’re telling you what they&#8217;re looking for, what motivates them, what pushes them to contact you for a meeting. And that’s exactly what every startup raising capital needs to know. — Michael McCarthy, CEO, Repositax.
“TechCrunch has created a great venue that brings together all the different people within the startup ecosystem. It’s a place where new startups can present, attendees can learn from top industry experts and who knows? One day they might be the person speaking on the Disrupt stage. It&#8217;s a great event overall.” — JC Bodson, founder and CEO of Arbitrage Technologies
“The connections I made at Disrupt offer long-term benefits. Investors willing to put forth capital, engineers offering tech expertise and manufacturers to help me streamline. Fostering these relationships will help me grow my company and my bottom line.” — Felicia Jackson, inventor and founder of CPRWrap.
Disrupt is the place to be to learn, connect, collaborate and keep tabs on rapidly changing trends. Here’s just one example of the timely topics and world-class experts we have on tap. Don’t forget to <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank">check out the agenda</a>.
Saving the World: COVID-19 changed everything. It not only threatened our individual health and wellbeing, but it also shook industries and economies across the globe. The same could be said about the COVID-19 vaccines. Hear from BioNTech Cofounder and CEO, Ugur Sahin on the process of rapidly developing the world’s most sought-after vaccine, alongside Pfizer, and the long-term potential of mRNA-based therapies. Sahin will be joined by Ursheet Parikh of Mayfield Fund to discuss what’s next for startups in this rapidly evolving industry.
Pro Tip: We’ll add new speakers, events and discounts in the run up to Disrupt — <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/ target="_blank">sign up for updates</a> so you don’t miss out.
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The &#8220;blkpreneur market&#8221; in Halifax on Sunday featured 20 entrepreneurs and celebrated Black women-owned small businesses that have been able to thrive during the <a href="https://www.flyingeze.com/category/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> pandemic.
The event was organized by Tia Upshaw, who has owned her own cleaning business for seven years. Now, she&#8217;s giving back to her community by encouraging young women to become entrepreneurs and helping them establish business plans and secure investors.
&#8220;I am a Black woman and I never had anybody reach out and want to help me in my journey of being self-employed,&#8221; she said.
		
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So earlier this year, Upshaw decided to create Black Women in Excellence, a not-for-profit that offers 16-week mentorship programs, teaching Black women how to build a business from the ground up.
The 10 women who signed up for her program are all still in business today.
&#8220;If it wasn&#8217;t for COVID, these women wouldn&#8217;t have had the courage and the gumption and the strive to actually do something. Because they need to replace that lost income,&#8221; she said.
Funmi Odeny, who is a mother of four children, was one of the entrepreneurs at Sunday&#8217;s market. She started her business making and selling African print clothing and was able to quit her full-time job as an account to work on her passion.
&#8220;It&#8217;s so important to see Black women in business thrive because you know the women in society do a lot. So being in business is more of them trying to push what they have passion for,&#8221; Odeny said.
Upshaw&#8217;s own two daughters now both operate businesses. Zaria, 14, owns an eyelash business and Shykia, 22, has her own gourmet chocolate company.
&#8220;They both lost their father and you know, within 10 months later, they&#8217;re running a business,&#8221; Upshaw said.
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She believes that kind of progress can be attained by many other Black women entrepreneurs, who are just looking for a little support.
&#8220;Black women, we are the core of our family unit. We are the core,&#8221; Upshaw said.
&#8220;And if we&#8217;re not right and we&#8217;re not financially stable, if we&#8217;re struggling or if we&#8217;re stressing over, &#8216;I can&#8217;t pay the bill, I can&#8217;t do this, I can&#8217;t do that,&#8217; we can&#8217;t be the best version of ourselves for us or for our children.&#8221;
She plans on organizing more markets in the future.
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Passenger traffic is finally starting to pick up at Edmonton International Airport, but for more than a year it was a virtual ghost town.
The lack of travellers took a significant toll on airport restaurants.
&#8220;With COVID(-19), of course the number of people flying went down to a couple hundred a day numbers, and you can&#8217;t support 60-plus shops and restaurants at the airport, so a lot of the businesses shut down during that time frame,&#8221; said Myron Keehn, vice-president of air services and business development at EIA.
Keehn said out of its more than 60 restaurants and retail stores, only about half are now open.
Eight businesses &#8212; mainly restaurants &#8212; closed permanently, which included Wayne Gretzky&#8217;s Wine and Whisky, Heineken Lounge and the Brioche Dorée bakery.
&#8220;We are in talks with different brands &#8212; both local and international brands and national brands &#8212; to open restaurants, and as the passenger numbers come back, we&#8217;ll start opening additional restaurants back up,&#8221; Keehn said.
Keehn said during the airport&#8217;s slowest period, only three facilities remained open to support remaining staff.
One business owner who stayed operational said it was tough but he is already seeing a boost to his bottom line.
&#8220;We&#8217;ve been waiting for this for a long time, like patiently waiting, and it&#8217;s great to see passengers back in, checking their bags and going through and jumping on flights,&#8221; ECG Ventures president Cale Inglis said.
&#8220;(There&#8217;s an) increase in flight loads and international travel coming back, all these great things we&#8217;ve been waiting for.&#8221;
Keehn said any loss of business is difficult, but with change comes new opportunity, and despite only half of EIA&#8217;s shops currently open, food, drinks and other supplies are abundant.
&#8220;It will take a couple years to get everything back,&#8221; Keehn said. &#8220;It won&#8217;t all open at once, but what we have seen from our market is that it is very resilient.&#8221;
		
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Keehn said the airport is looking forward to Aug. 9 when it will once again be allowed to host international travellers.

Ever since the pandemic halted nearly all flights at Edmonton International Airport, it became nearly impossible to fill restaurants, forcing several to close permanently.

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<a href="https://globalnews.ca/tag/meg-energy/">MEG Energy Corp.</a> boosted its full-year production guidance after reporting $68 million in net profits in the second quarter on a near doubling of revenues.
The Calgary-based company earned 22 cents per diluted share, up from a loss of three cents per share of $9 million in the prior year.
Revenues for the three months ended June 30 were a little more than $1 billion, up from $533 million in the second quarter of 2020.
READ MORE: <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/7776111/oil-prices-covid-pandemic-negative-anniversary/">Oil industry still recovering 1 year after commodity&#8217;s historic freefall into negative pricing territory </a>
MEG was expected to earn 12 cents per share on $846.4 million of revenues, according to financial data firm Refinitiv.
The company revised its 2021 average bitumen production to 91,000 to 93,000 barrels per day from 86,000 to 90,000 forecast last December. Quarterly production averaged 91,803 barrels per day.
MEG says the strong quarter also gives it confidence to bring its Christina Lake facility back to full use and restart debt reduction.
&#8220;Today we announced the redemption of approximately $125 million of debt and are committed to applying all free cash flow generated in the second half of 2021 to debt reduction,&#8221; stated CEO Derek Evans.
The company realized about $44 million in proceeds from the sale of non-core industrials lands near Edmonton. The land was purchased in 2013 for $39 million.
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MEG Energy Corp. boosted its full-year production guidance after reporting $68 million in net profits in the second quarter on a near doubling of revenues. Watch video →

MEG Energy boosts 2021 production guidance on strong 6 months and Q2 profits

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VANCOUVER &#8211; Canfor Corp. says it is curtailing production capacity at its Canadian sawmills beginning Monday as a result of extreme wildfire conditions in Western Canada.
			
				
						
												
						
						
		
			
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The Vancouver-based lumber producer says about 115 million board feet of capacity will be reduced during the third quarter due to significant supply chain challenges and a transportation backlog.
Canfor says the wildfires are significantly impacting its ability to transport product to market.
		
			Read more: <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://globalnews.ca/news/8043298/bc-government-wildfire-update-state-of-emergency/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="B.C. declares provincial state of emergency due to wildfires">
				B.C. declares provincial state of emergency due to wildfires			</a>
		
	
Executive vice-president Stephen Mackie says it is developing plans to minimize impacts to employees and contractors.
Canfor says it is working closely with the provincial wildfire services and governments to support a safe response to the very dynamic wildfire conditions that are raging in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
		
			Read more: <a class="c-readmore__link" href="https://globalnews.ca/news/7995210/bc-wildfire-map-2021/" data-track-region="content-read-more" title="B.C. wildfire map 2021: Location and size of the fires burning around the province">
				B.C. wildfire map 2021: Location and size of the fires burning around the province			</a>
		
	
Canfor produces primarily softwood lumber with interests in B.C., Alberta, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, as well as in Sweden.

Canfor Corp. says it is curtailing production capacity at its Canadian sawmills beginning Monday as a result of extreme wildfire conditions in Western Canada. Watch video →

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