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Black entrepreneurs in Lethbridge share how their identity shapes the way they do business

February 23, 2021 ahlimosa African, African

Toyin Oyebola’s store — the Genesis Exotic Market — has items one can’t find anywhere else in Lethbridge. The store offers clothes, hair accessories and products, and even food — not only from Africa, but from all over the world. Oyebola says the multi-ethnic items her store has to offer gives some of her customers a nostalgic sense of being back home. “When we got here we saw there was a need, because it’s a small city, but sometimes your access to things is limited,” Oyebola said. “We looked around, I couldn’t really find things that spoke ‘exotic’ to […]

Lion’s Lair 2020: online paint store wins Hamilton innovation contest

September 25, 2020 ahlimosa BData solutions, BData solutions

A Hamilton-based online paint store, which boasts being Canada’s first, has taken top prize with the Innovation Factory’s annual Lion’s Lair competition. The e-retailer picked up the $30,000 prize for providing a convenient online portal to 60 of the most popular colours of high-quality, made-in-Canada paints. CEO and co-founder Jill Torrance said the business model was helped along by the COVID-19 pandemic and a change in the way some people of have been shopping in the last seven months. Story continues below advertisement “Certainly with the current state of the world right now, more and more people want to do […]

Old Strathcona Back Street concept shared with public, needs community fundraising to fully move forward

August 29, 2020 ahlimosa Back alley renewal, Back alley renewal

Some aspects of the design, including greenery and upgraded surfaces, would only be possible with community fundraising.

Project designs for a total revamp of a back alley in the core of Old Strathcona have finally been released to the public, although whether or not the vision will become reality depends on funding that goes beyond what the city has committed to. The Old Strathcona Back Street project is included in the city’s Neighbourhood Renewal plans for the area. The project has been in discussion for several years, but now the city said it hopes to move forward with construction by the end of next year. The plans were posted publicly earlier this week, nine months after […]

MDMA will be approved to aid therapy for PTSD suffers by 2021: research group

April 14, 2016 ahlimosa Dr. Ingrid Pacey, aid

Dr. Ingrid Pacey says MDMA can help overcome one of the major hurdles for conventional PTSD treatments

For the first time in decades, Canadian researchers are probing the potential of a psychedelic drug – ecstasy – for use in psychotherapy in a clinical trial approved by Health Canada. The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), is investigating the use of MDMA, the pure form of the party drug ecstasy, to assist therapy sessions for people with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The early research coming from this team has shown promise in treating those who suffer from some of the most challenging forms of PTSD. Filling a gap Currently available PTSD treatments have little effect on […]

Black entrepreneurs in Lethbridge share how their identity shapes the way they do business

Lion’s Lair 2020: online paint store wins Hamilton innovation contest

Old Strathcona Back Street concept shared with public, needs community fundraising to fully move forward

MDMA will be approved to aid therapy for PTSD suffers by 2021: research group

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