The year 2016 seemed like a turning point for Canadian products, as the nation felt under pressure from our neighbor to the south. This feeling spurred a movement across the country to "buy local" and spend more of our dollars purchasing products made in Canada. Then Covid-19 arrived in early 2020 and this initiative was taken even more seriously as we worked to support our local economy.
The pandemic forced people to stay at home and encouraged us to become even more passionate about buying at home. We as consumers quickly became aware of the importance of shopping locally, thus contributing to the success of Canadian-made items.
Most standard and non-standard size mattresses at Lapensée Mattresses are manufactured at the Gatineau plant and shipped within approximately 2 weeks of ordering. If desired, we will deliver and install the new mattress to your home. Although we…
There is a sunny cabin, nestled in the woods near the shore of Shallow Bay. This is the ideal home and studio for Yukon artist Lara Melnik. Primarily self taught, Lara has been making unique jewelry for many years. Her obsession with beads has…
André Cormier and Robin Streb are co-founders of LaRouère chocolate factory and boutique that transformes fine cacao beans into fine chocolate in small batches in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Located in St. George Street’s Urban Quarter, where…
Larry Stamm Luthier – While many luthiers began their craft as players wanting a better instrument than they could afford to buy, I came to lutherie from the wood supply side of the craft. I have spent my entire adult life involved in some…
Since 1919 Larsen and Shaw has been a leading manufacturer of quality custom hinges, specialty hinges, metal brackets, braces and supports. We’ve perfected our craft and combined the power of our skilled workforce with modern automated metal…
When Laser’s Edge Design started we saw a need for real custom work to be offered as it has been stripped away for so long with no real options for personalization. We found that sad and decided to do something about it! After 6 years of…
When we created LashLuxury Ltd. we were sick of our lacklustre lashes and we weren’t willing to get lash extensions. Who had the time or money for all those fills anyways? Not to mention, we’d seen a few scary situations where people in…
We are Doug & Carolyn Lilleyman both from Scarborough originally and have changed careers a few times. With the creation of Laslyn Alpaca we have added another line to our resume. Some of you may know that we got our start in the fibre world…
Last Best Brewing & Distilling opened its doors in May 2015. The name Last Best draws from Calgary’s eclectic history. At the end of the 1800s, the Canadian government launched a campaign called ‘The Last Best West’; it’s purpose was to populate…
