What's Up Wednesday

Kristin Topping went looking for a new career after a brain injury took her out of the military. She found Sweetlife Flora after she found herself.

Compact Music says the focus on 'shop local' has really helped the store thrive.

Will Chaar is opening locations downtown, in the Glebe and Orléans, in addition to his Embrun storefront.

Margaret Trudeau, Rob Bryden and Ed Broadbent were regular customers at the nursery, which has also served as a location for television cooking shows.

It wasn't always easy for Romeo Donatucci, moving overseas to open a auto shop in a once rough neighbourhood, but the mechanic is reflecting on his career with gratitude.

Andreanne King and her business partners are hoping to build on the success of their online store and pop-up shop from last holiday season.

We've featured many of Ottawa's small businesses and entrepreneurs who have been doing unique things in an extremely difficult year, through this weekly feature, and as the holiday shopping season heats up, we're looking back.

"I think we would see, not just an open house, where people come in and sit on their laptops and be in their own space, but an intentional space where we would invite people in to be a part of what we’re up to," says owner Jessie Duffy.

Two years ago, James Phillips created his first beard oil in his kitchen. Now, he's got a full-fledged craft business.

Thirteen's youth-led program has been making unique African spice blends, now found at local shops and cafés in Ottawa, for the last four years, and this year the group is branching out with a market of its own.