 After graduating from Westervelt College with Honours in Business Accounting, Payroll, and Executive Administration, Nicole Derbyshire started Nyxluna Business Services in 2022 and began working as a subcontractor bookkeeper in June of 2022 for a local Aylmer business, Lambert Cook CPA. Nicole got to work, getting clients books sorted, and along the way gained a wonderful mentor and supporter in Lambert. “I have always loved accounting and related services,” Nicole said with a smile. “I always received very high marks for those courses in school, and I find it’s something that comes easily to me. I just see numbers differently.” Encouraged by her mentor, education, and experience, Nyxluna Business Services began to accept clients in June of 2024.
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 Sarah Abell has been officially running Adapt365 for about a year and a half, but she has been working as a personal trainer for the last seven years. "I have been in the fitness industry for, oh my gosh, at least ten years," Sarah explained. "I started out as a fitness instructor, and then I got more into group fitness and personal training." Sarah then started to have her own kids, and transitioned into working with postpartum women, stroller fit classes, and mom and baby type classes in facilities in the London area. Then, COVID-19 happened, and the gym she had been previously working for shut down. "By then I had two more kids, and when COVID-19 started ramping down I had people coming to me asking if I was going to start running stroller fit classes again," Sarah recalled. "So I thought let's start running some stroller fit classes again, see how it happens, and it was great! It branched into people that have been coming to different classes of mine from years ago, and now they have moved on from that stage in their life, but they wanted to work out with me again." Sarah then started to do women's only workouts and increased her availability for personal training to fit the demand of her clients. "It all kind of naturally blossomed into what it is now, and then an opportunity came up to sublease a gym space here in Aylmer and I went with it." Sarah has now been at her Aylmer gym location for over a year, and Adapt365 is now her full-time business (in addition to being a full-time mom).
 Decent Dreams: The Story Behind St. Thomas's Most Unconventional Ice Cream
Have you ever strolled through St. Thomas, Ontario, on a warm afternoon and caught a whiff of something sweet in the air, part nostalgia, part mystery? Perhaps you were near Decent Ice Cream. But don't let the name fool you. "Decent" here doesn't mean average. It's that easygoing, confident kind of decent, the kind that nods, smirks, and hands you a pint of charcoal-dandelion-lemon ice cream like it's the most natural thing in the world. And for founder Matt Kroeker, maybe it is.  In downtown St. Thomas, where the rhythm of daily life hums steadily, there's a sanctuary that invites passersby to pause, breathe, and indulge in the timeless ritual of tea. infuZed tZs & Apothecary isn't just a tea shop; it's a testament to love, resilience, and the enduring power of nature's remedies.
 Medlyn Stained Glass and Artistic Iron Studio has been a notable St. Thomas landmark since its opening in 1996 by Jim and Janet Medlyn in 1996. Originally named Medlyn Stained Glass and Jewellery Studio, Janet is a trained gold silversmith who attended George Brown College. Jim did stained glass (along with many other mediums) after attending Fanshawe College for Fine Arts. Their daughter Katherine Medlyn now owns and operates the second-generation artist studio with her partner Bobby, who specializes in artistic iron.
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