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To say Joshia de Jonge was born to make music wouldn’t be an understatement. From a young age, the Quebec-based guitar maker recalls spending days in her father’s workshop and taking quickly to the craft. "My dad is Sergei de Jonge, who…

Mandy Wozniak, a young interior designer from Alberta, has joined the ranks of the National Kitchen & Bath Association’s (NKBA) 30 Under Thirty. Held annually, the program celebrates young professionals who possess the passion,…

 On a mission to build healthier, more energy-efficient housing, the Mistawasis Chief and Council recently commissioned Saskatoon-based modular homebuilder, 3twenty, to create its first net zero, modular demonstration home. Their hope was…

Trevor Woodland knows how to strike a chord with clients. Since 2015, the lifelong luthier has refined his reputation for building one-of-a-kind guitars out of his Vigilant Guitars workshop in James Bay, Victoria, in British Columbia.…

Founded in 1940 in Sainte-Croix, Quebec, furniture manufacturer South Shore has weathered many challenges, including the current labour shortage and global compensation that hasn’t made life easy on most companies. But thanks to the…

It was over 25 years ago when Robert and Rhonda Thornton put their vision for a custom cabinet-making business into practice. With big ambitions and a 1 000-square-feet workshop, the husband-and-wife team pooled their passion and talents…

It’s been 133 years and Heritage Hockey Sticks, a company whose beginnings date back to 30 years before the National Hockey League (NHL), is still making its wooden hockey sticks in its bid to keep Canada’s national sport affordable. The…

Furniture maker Brodye Chappell, from Brodye Chappel Builds and cabinet maker Elliot Mallett will transform some of the historic trees downed by Fiona and give them a second life. Carly Siopis, strategic initiatives officer with the City of…

Menuiserie Delisle has chosen to add the distribution of Lepage Millwork Inc. doors and windows, an entirely Quebec-based high-end door and window manufacturing company based in Rivière du Loup.

Guelph resident Ethan Kroetsch, woodworking technology student at at Conestoga college, scored 2nd at the 2022 Nationals Skills Compétences Canada (SCC) competition in the Cabinetmaking category. Four years ago, he launched his own fine…

Foliot Furnitures' HR team collaborated with Montreal-based production studio Troublemakers and Mirabel-based content-creation agency Bofokus to create a remake of Georges Thurston’s song “Aimes-tu la vie comme moi?”

Todd Tomalak, Principal at Zonda Building Products, says that we are in the midst of a ten-year period that he believes will be looked back on as the “golden era of remodelling.” Tomalak was among the speakers at the NKBA Futurist Summit in…

Comfort also shares that he had mentors who looked out for him along the way, provided feedback, and helped him find opportunities. That’s why he intends to give back by delivering his team at Seagate an environment that fosters the kind of…

As an economist who follows a lot of the media narrative around housing, I’ve seen firsthand how the discussion around housing and home improvement markets can be confusing, even for experienced industry executives. It’s easy to hear a lot…

In 1955 four Ottawa brothers – Louis, Gilbert, Irving, and Lorry Greenberg – joined together to start Minto, a homebuilding business. By 1986, Minto had expanded from Ottawa to Florida, established a toe-hold in Toronto and made its first…

Quebec’s fifth-biggest wood products manufacturer Cabico & co is flexing new muscle and looking to hire more employees today after plunking down close to $25 million to expand and modernize its plant in the Eastern Townships with…

Krattiger Holzbau AG introduced a new business model with the purchase of a multifunction bridge from Weinmann and the integrated adhesive application system from Robatech. The automated application of single-component PUR adhesives…

It was 1991 when Kevin Bauman shaped his woodworking passion into a custom cabinetry business in Waterloo, Ontario. Decades later, Chervin Kitchen & Bath has spread its roots to become a reputed provider of custom, luxury millwork for…