More than four months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Manitoba businesses are struggling to recoup their losses and woo customers still nervous about returning to their normal shopping habits. "I think that there is a place for good chocolate in the marketplace in Winnipeg, and in Canada. The shop created a GoFundMe campaign to stay afloat during the pandemic when non-essential businesses were forced to close. Businesses see fraction of normal revenueA new report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business says thousands of small and medium-sized businesses in Manitoba are at risk of closing for good due to the pandemic. While close to two-thirds of Manitoba businesses are now fully reopened, the report says, only a third of CFIB members in the province are making normal sales for this time of year.

Source: CBC News July 29, 2020 23:48 UTC