COVID-19.Two local businesses were able to recognize an opportunity during the coronavirus pandemic. Alberta small business owners shut down amid ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Megan Huchkowsky opened Doodle Dogs in 2016, a pet store specializing in handmade Canadian products.Huchkowsky added a second location in the Bridgeland neighbourhood in 2019, and she plans to open a third store in November.When the pandemic struck, Huchkowsky used to the opportunity to find a niche that needed to be filled.“Recently we did have to close our doors during the pandemic and it gave us a really good opportunity while we were doing next-day deliveries to discover where there were some key holes in our market that were missing some pet nutrition and pet.