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Even as the third wave rises, new businesses offer a glimpse at pandemic’s end

It's been ... a bad year for economies, to put it mildly. The jobless rate has risen just about everywhere. Small businesses across Canada have scratched and clawed to stay afloat. Larger businesses have fared better, but have also issued layoffs to compensate for loss of revenue. And even as vaccines roll out and the end of the pandemic is in sight, there's still uncertainty as to what economic recovery will look like.

But one glimpse of it can be found in the number of new businesses that have started up over the past several months. Whether they are in response to needs created by…

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