COVID-19 pandemic began. The Sudbury, Ont. chef had a no-refunds policy, but couples were in such despair she gave some money back and allowed others to postpone bookings.With little business, she couldn’t stay open and instead started chocolate and pastry company Raven Rising, but getting financial help was tough.“I’m just one person and I didn’t have a lot of money.
I used part of my Sixties Scoop settlement to open my business,” said Maki, who was “scooped” from Saskatchewan’s White Bear First Nation and adopted by a Finnish family in Ontario during the 1960s.“Looking at all of these COVID relief (programs), I was seeing nope, I’m ineligible.” New Alberta subscription box helps Indigenous entrepreneurs Maki’s experience was not.