Heat Laliberte is sharing his passion for charcuterie and his Indigenous culture through his artisan bacon business, One Arrow Meats. He takes pride in his naturally smoked bacon, made in small batches with local ingredients, and loves selling at Vancouver’s Farmers Markets where he can really connect with his customers and share his story.
Experimental pie baker Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin is spicing up the pastry world with her intricate masterpieces.
Her boundary-pushing pies range from detailed celebrity pie-traits and sci-fi characters to towering three-dimensional pie-scrapers. All this from someone who could barely crack an egg!
This pooch is taking the pet fashion industry by storm. Iggy Joey has been named “The Most Fashionable Dog in Canada” by Buzzfeed, and has appeared in countless magazines, websites, and TV shows. This online influencer has traveled the world, walked the runways at New York Fashion Week, and even has her own IggyMoji app. Joey’s online presence sparks fashion inspo, adoration and even giggle or two!
You can find meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal wherever there is dangerous weather—she chases storms for a living.
She has reported from seven hurricanes, including hurricane Michael, the strongest she had ever encountered, a category 4 hurricane in the Florida Panhandle.
She has reported from thunderstorms, earthquakes, and extreme weather all around the world for the Weather Network, with her co-host and fellow meteorologist Mark Robinson. “It’s so fascinating, and the best way to learn about it is to put yourself in it.”
Caroline Szwed was once an athlete—representing Canada at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup—until she lost her soccer career to three devastating knee surgeries. Now, she is a producer and on-air host of Sportsnet’s Plays of the Month / Misplays of the Month and Aftermath, and is blazing her way through sports broadcasting.
“If you would have told me three years ago, that’d be sitting here right now. I wouldn’t believe you. You trust the process and and go with it. Believe in yourself.”
Jana Webb is an entrepreneur who started JOGA, a.k.a. yoga for jocks. While her business has thrived and she has helped it grow brick by brick, Jana has had a tumultuous personal journey that includes two car crashes that almost took her life.