by awillerton@redpointmedia.ca | Jan 27, 2023 | Alberta Makers, Stories, Studio Tours
Lisa Terry has decorated Bolo Cakery with vibrant colours, paintings and plants so that customers feel the same joy when they’re choosing a cake as she does when she’s making them. Despite being away from the public eye, the back kitchen, where Terry spends much of...
by awillerton@redpointmedia.ca | Nov 4, 2022 | Alberta Makers, Frontpage, Small-Bottom_Left, Stories
The Calgary Brewing and Malting Company, established in 1892 by A.E. Cross. Photo supplied by University of Calgary, Digital Collections ID # na-2307-38. In 1884, a young veterinarian named Alfred Ernest Cross moved from Montreal to Alberta and found work on a ranch....
by Michaela Ream | Mar 9, 2022 | Alberta Makers, Stories
The origin story of the Great West Saddlery Co. is rooted, first and foremost, in the talent and ingenuity of Alberta makers, as well as in the balance of competition and cooperation. At age 15, Elisha Frederick Hutchings began his career as apprentice to a harness...
by accounts@ecommercecanada.com | Mar 9, 2021 | Alberta Makers, Frontpage, Small-Bottom_Right, Stories
Photograph courtesy of Ellie Bianca Evelyne Nyairo grew up surrounded by women who, despite facing inequality, showed resilience and solidarity with one another — and it has shaped who Nyairo, as well as her natural skincare company Ellie Bianca, are today. “Growing...
