Online list aims to promote local LGBTTQ+ biz
A pair of entrepreneurs have launched an online directory of local queer-owned businesses and overnight the living document has grown in pages and prominence.
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Posted: Feb 27, 2021 4:13 PM CT | Last Updated: February 27
Alana Fiks, left, and Angela Farkas, co-owners of Black Market Provisions, in their store in Winnipeg.(John Woods/The Canadian Press)
A pair of entrepreneurs have launched an online directory of local queer-owned businesses and overnight the living document has grown in pages and prominence.
Earlier this month, Alana Fiks and Angela Farkas, co-owners of Black Market Provisions, were featured in a national news story. The press brought a lot of attention to their small South Osborne shop and the partners in life and business started looking for ways to pay it forward.
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Alana Fiks, left, and Angela Farkas, co-owners of Black Market Provisions, are photographed in their store in Winnipeg, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods February 02, 2021 - 1:10 AM
OTTAWA - It had been a while since Alana Fiks had been able to open her shop in Winnipeg when she spoke about the impact of COVID-19.
The co-owner of Black Market Provisions, which sells food and housewares, said the business has done OK as the store moved to curbside pickup when case counts rose through the fall and winter.
But other LGBTQ-owned business have had a rougher ride, she said. Fiks said she s recommended some of them look at federal aid programs, while also trying to send business their way.
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