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2021 Featured Veteran Entrepreneurs
2021
Meet Kevin - 'A Well-Groomed Business'
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Meet Moira - 'From Air Force to Flourishing Flowers'
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Meet Cole - 'Eyes in the Sky'
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Meet Richard & Brady - 'Helicopter Choppers to Brewing Hoppers'
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Meet Jeremy - 'Frontline work to Leatherwork'
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About BuyVeteranCA
BuyVeteranCA is another way we support Veteran entrepreneurship. BuyVeteranCA is Canada’s premiere online directory dedicated to promoting businesses owned by members of the military and Veteran communities.

- Sharon Broughton, CEO of Prince’s Trust Canada
The BuyVeteranCA Directory lists more than 600 businesses and has become the rallying place for the #BuyVeteranCA movement in Canada. To find a business you can filter by province and/or industry sector. You can also search by company name. This makes it easy to find products and services in local communities and online. From bakeries in British Columbia, to home inspectors in Ontario, to B & B’s in Newfoundland, we’re helping Canadians to Buy Veteran.
In addition, the Prince’s Trust Canada’s annual #BuyVeteranCA campaign celebrates the entrepreneurial spirit of Canada’s soldiers, sailors, aviators, and the families who stand behind them. Every year during Remembrance Week (November 1st to 11th), the campaign reaches millions of Canadians at home and abroad through radio, print, television and social media advertising.

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Featured Veteran Entrepreneurs

2021
Meet Kevin
Kevin joined the military at 18 as a combat engineer. Fourteen years later in 2016, he was diagnosed with PTSD from a 2008 tour in Afghanistan. “I transitioned out in 2016 and decided to do the one thing I could never do in the military: grow a beard.”
Beards only became acceptable as part of military dress protocol in September 2018, so Kevin had never experienced the troubles that come with growing one.

2021
Meet Moira
After 36 years of travelling the world with the Royal Canadian Airforce, Moira McKenzie decided to leave the military to start something new.
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2021
Meet Cole
Cole Rosentreter taught people how to jump out of planes in the dark. In December 2014, a random, extremely serious parachuting accident left him on a long road to recovery. Cole was 32. The idea for his business, Pegasus Imagery, came to him in 2016 – “to build a company that focuses on disasters.”
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2021
Meet Richard & Brady
Richard McNish and Brady McNish started brewing in their basement as a hobby; now, they are the co-founders of Dog House Brewing Company. With a shared passion for fine craft beer, the father-son duo had tossed around the idea of starting a business for years with no avail. That is, until Richard’s wife, Tina Parker McNish, finally set the idea in motion with encouragement and a necessary push to “just do it or shut up.”
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2021
Meet Jeremy
Attention to detail is a skill Jeremy Mitchell honed through years of military service. Now, it is a skill he uses to design leather goods, some embossed with finely crafted details that pay homage to his past.
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2020
Meet Christina
Victoria B.C.- based entrepreneur Christina Connelly and her husband Danyal Beale have over 50 years of combined military experience.
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2020
Meet Matthew
Matthew van Erp served 25 years in the military. He’s now using his personal experiences and the skills he learned in the Forces on his new mission – helping people lead a healthy, wholesome life
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2020
Meet Nicole
The past few months for Nicole Schur have been a whirlwind. After serving 26 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and retiring from the military in January 2020, she started Nicole Schur Yoga. The COVID-19 pandemic hit, and she was forced to close her studio.
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2020
Meet Rene
When Rene Doucet was preparing to retire from the Canadian Armed Forces after 23 years of service, he decided he wanted to start a second career in entrepreneurship. He had already dabbled in business ownership and had run a renovation company for four years while still serving.
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2020
Meet Ryan
After serving for 15 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and sustaining an injury in Afghanistan, Ryan Pagnacco decided to go back to school to study mechanical engineering.
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2019
Meet Frédéric
Frédéric Verville discovered the importance of business networking while attending our seven-day boot camp at Laval University. He realized that he didn’t have to do it all alone and how asking for help could make a huge difference to his business
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2019
Meet Kristin
From suffering a concussion and being medically released from the Canadian Armed Forces to starting a successful business she’s excited and passionate about, Kristin Topping’s journey through recovery, transition and entrepreneurship has been remarkable.
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2019
Meet Justin
Justin learned the fundamentals of leadership and team-building during his time in the military and wanted to share his knowledge with others.
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2019
Meet Patrick
Patrick Lamothe began looking for a way to link his passion for climbing to a business venture. While leading a course, he got an idea about how to build an indoor climbing facility that would better replicate the outdoors.
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2019
Meet J.R.
It took J.R. Smith several years after leaving the military to find his place. Now, with his own woodworking business thriving, he’s committed to helping other veterans land on their feet.
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