SaltSpring Kitchen Co.
You might say delicious food runs Melanie Mulherin’s family. Her grandfather owned the neighbourhood grocery store, while her grandmother’s joy was hosting dinner parties. Melanie then fell...
LIVN & GIVN
If you want something in life, go grab it. That’s the message Becky Boughton lives by and shares with her children. So, when her 10-year-old son Luke...
Sugar Free Please
Sugar Free Please is a lineup of sugar-free snacks that fly off the shelves at stores and markets because of a growing legion of customers who love...
Brío Soul Apparel
Chayle Beaudoin was working in insurance in Nanaimo when she decided to combine her personal passions for art and community into a business. As a creative artist,...
Moonshine Mama’s
Mel Divers wasn’t looking to start a business—she was looking for nourishment from nature after a cancer diagnosis. “I wanted to add more superfoods with immune boosting...
Little Pine
Melinda Lopez is a pet lover, outdoors enthusiast, and emergency veterinarian who loves exploring the Sea to Sky Corridor. Based in Whistler, it was a combination of...
Nelson Naturals
Nelson Naturals started in 2012 as a small vendor at local farmers’ markets in the Kootenays. That’s when co-founders Dana DiPonio and Kevin Hagell discovered there was...
OneBerrie
OneBerrie is an innovation that started out of personal need for one entrepreneur. When Sue-Rose’s first daughter was born, she quickly encountered a problem during bath time....