Several GTA businesses named Isis consider name change

By News Staff

Posted October 6, 2014 7:30 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Naming your business after the Egyptian goddess Isis is turning out to be a PR nightmare for several GTA companies, videographer Audra Brown finds out.

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