Our favourite small businesses of 2011
Boozy cupcake-makers, one-day house painters and gourmet taco vendors: these are the most memorable companies of 2011, handpicked by the editors of the Report on Small Business
In a photo taken in 2001, Julie Higginson (left) and Trish Tacoma, co-founders of Smoking Lily, show off a pair of their Pierre Trudeau underwear.Diana Nethercott
OneMethod staff set up for the noontime La Canita taco rush
One of Marlo Scott's cupcake creations.Natalie Brasington
Canvas Pop in Ottawa August 24, 2011.Photo by Blair Gable for The Globe and MailBlair Gable/The Globe and Mail
Norm Cole of Artus Bottling, based in Naramata, B.C.
The dead and abandoned trees to be harvested are rooted to the bottom of Lake Volta, a reservoir flooded during construction of Ghana's Akosombo hydroelectric dam in 1965.Triton Logging Co.
This ice restaurant in Dubai was built from blocks created by Iceculture Inc. of Hensall, Ont., and shipped in pieces in refrigerated containers to the emirate.
Kathy Tolleson, founder of Roar Motorcycles, sitting on a WildKaT.Vivian Wagner
Ugi Fitness Inc. co-founders, from left, Sara Shears, Debra Karby and Melane Finkleman, and Ugi balls.
Method cleaning products
Putt-Putt Fun Center
Brian Scudamore, founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, leads a group rally in the lunchroom of company offices in downtown Vancouver May 22, 2009.JEFF VINNICK FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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Eric Latino, founder of Global Emissions Systems, and his Green Team race car.Dave Erauw
Guy Cramer of Hyper Stealth Biotechnology Corp, maker of of camouflage.Christopher J. Morris