Gastops: Ottawa-based innovation in the F-35 program

 ABOVE: Ottawa-based Gastops provides critical engine sensors for the world’s most advanced fighter jets. (Photo: Karsten Moran) Gastops’ contributions to F-35 fighter jet’s engines are fueling Canada’s participation in the fighter jet program. F-35 pilots across the world should feel safer knowing that Gastops’ cutting-edge sensing technology is monitoring the health of

Make your home iconic with Ottawa-based Iconic Blinds

 Ottawa-based window covering company Iconic Blinds started up in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We felt as if we were jumping through a ring of fire,” said president Jesse Fernandes. But the jump, so far, has been successful and no one has been burned. Though Iconic Blinds faced

SheBoot empowers female entrepreneurs and business owners

 SheBoot is a bootcamp whose goal is to empower and boost the morale of women from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures, while inspiring them to be proud and confident in themselves and their work. A key benefit of the program is that it connects them with some of

Cheryl Wilcox is the mom behind Mom’s Homemade salsa

 Cheryl Wilcox first began making salsa when a co-worker gave her a recipe. She spent the next few years adjusting, taking out and adding ingredients until she found a taste that she and her family loved. Jump ahead 16 years, Mom's Homemade is available in three spice levels and sells out regularly at

Spartan Bioscience: Ottawa’s superhero of DNA testing

 By now you’ve probably already heard of COVID-19 but you may have missed a March 31st announcement about a $73 million investment by the federal government in an Ottawa company called Spartan Bioscience. History may record that date as a major turning point in the global fight against the pandemic.

New website, same address: Disegno launches new online look

 The ByWard Market's Disegno Fine Jewellery is celebrating the launch of their new website with new collections and a 20% off sale! Launched in 1992, "disegno" means more than just "design." The Italian word suggests the ability to render the drawing and to imagine the design. As a designer, Pamela Coulston, certified gemologist and

#OLMExplores – Wellington West

 What would you do if you were a tourist in Ottawa? As part of our #OLMExplores series, Ottawa Life Magazine writers have spent a day in the ByWard Market, on Parliament Hill and along Bank Street to see what makes each area tick. Now, with the help of Ottawa’s second-largest

Taking Care of Business With Janice McDonald

 Photo courtesy of Paul Couvrette Janice McDonald is a powerful entrepreneur. So powerful, in fact, that McDonald has made the top 100 in Women's Executive Network’s Canada’s Most Powerful Women List for the past three years. After congratulating her for such a feat, McDonald chuckles. “I can tell you this,

Robert Milligan: The Secret Behind The Smile

 There are plenty of ways to lose teeth. You can fall off your bike, grind your teeth at night, or lose them from something more drastic. No matter how it may happen, you’d probably go to the dentist to get them replaced. What we rarely wonder though, is where the dentist gets those replacements. In Ottawa, there’s a good