Ottawa Valley Air Paddle didn’t start with a grand business plan—it started with a single inflatable paddleboard and a small downtown apartment. Founders Scott and Lana were 28, living in Ottawa, and like many outdoor enthusiasts, were looking for a way to get on the water without the storage demands or price tag of a traditional kayak. “Scott had always wanted a kayak,” Lana recalls…

Ottawa Valley Air Paddle didn’t start with a grand business plan—it started with a single inflatable paddleboard and a small downtown apartment. Founders Scott and Lana were 28, living in Ottawa, and like many outdoor enthusiasts, were looking for a way to get on the water without the storage demands or price tag of a traditional kayak. “Scott had always wanted a kayak,” Lana recalls…

A pillar of Canadian equestrian sport, Amy Millar blends generational legacy with personal grit in the ring and beyond. When your father is a 10-time Olympian and one of the most iconic names in Canadian equestrian sport, expectations tend to ride alongside you. But that’s the only reality that Amy Millar has ever known, so it’s always felt perfectly normal to her. Now a two-time Olympian and…

When it comes to people accounting for their calling, you often hear about the moment when “the light went on.” For Stephane Doucet of Aura Design, that light was automated. “When I first transitioned from sales to home automation,” Doucet explains, retracing the formative steps of his career path, “I was immediately struck by the transformative potential of the technology: the seamless…

Before the era of TikTok fame and Spotify algorithms, there were DJs—the real kind—who shaped culture one track at a time. Kenny B is one of them. A Toronto kid with an eye for connection and a love for good sound, Kenny rode his bike to Energy 108 just for the chance to sit in the lobby. That tenacity led to a 36-year career behind the mic and on the decks, shaping not only Ottawa’s…