NEW MINUS, Nova Scotia - TelAve -- Six years after COVID-19 lockdowns interrupted her plans to open a shop, entrepreneur Paula Steenken is celebrating a long-awaited milestone. Acadian Teashop and Gift Boutique will hold its grand opening on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 9323 Commercial Street in New Minas.

The community is invited to explore the new shop, discover its selection of tea, treasures and local goods, and celebrate the determination behind a business that found a way forward through extraordinary circumstances.

Steenken was preparing to sign a commercial lease just one week before the pandemic lockdowns began in 2020. When those plans could no longer proceed, she adapted, launching Acadian Teas online and bringing her products to local markets.

What began during a period of uncertainty grew through years of online orders, market appearances and connections with customers, with her products now carried in stores across Nova Scotia and her retail network expanding across Canada. Now, that work has brought Steenken back to the dream she held at the beginning: a permanent location where she can welcome customers through her own front door.

More on TelAve News

• Georgia's Magical Nights of Lights Bigger and Brighter for 2026
• Harvard Educated Board Certified Endodontist Joins Pearlfection Dentistry
• NYC Banners Delivers High-Stakes UN General Assembly Backdrop for the US Department of State Event
• OneVizion Appoints Energy Infrastructure Executive Walt Farrell to Board of Directors
• ReClaim Opens Waitlist for Minimalist Android Launcher Designed to Reduce Screen Time

The new Acadian Teashop and Gift Boutique brings tea, gifts and local goods together in a space customers can visit, browse and return to throughout the year. Its opening also marks a new chapter for the customers who first discovered the business online or stopped by Steenken's table at a local market.

Everyone is welcome to join the celebration, meet Paula and discover a local business whose first storefront has been years in the making.

GRAND OPENING

Saturday, October 3, 2026

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Acadian Teashop and Gift Boutique

9323 Commercial Street, New Minas, Nova Scotia

For more information, visit AcadianTeas.ca⁠.