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2026 Nominees
The Proper Eats & Drinks
Lloydminster
The Proper Eats & Drinks is a locally owned restaurant and lounge in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, that offers a welcoming atmosphere, quality food, and exceptional customer service. Featuring a menu of steaks, burgers, seafood, pasta, and daily specials, The Proper has become a favourite dining destination for residents and visitors alike.
Sauder's Home Hardware
Melfort
Sauder's Home Hardware is a locally owned retail store serving Melfort and surrounding area with hardware, building supplies, home improvement products, and expert customer service. As part of the Home Hardware network, the store offers a wide selection of products and services to help homeowners, contractors, farmers, and businesses complete projects of all sizes.
T&D Amisk Camp
Denare Beach
T&D Amisk Camp is a drive-to fishing destination on the south shore of Amisk Lake in northern Saskatchewan, offering walleye and northern pike fishing, comfortable lakefront cabins, and convenient boating facilities. The camp provides a true wilderness experience for anglers, families, and outdoor enthusiasts, with opportunities for birding, local guided tours, and relaxation. They are also located within a natural dark sky preserve, offering incredible stargazing experiences.
Human Matrix Therapy Centre (HMTC)
Canora
Human Matrix Therapy Centre (HMTC) is a holistic wellness clinic that helps clients achieve optimal health through a combination of registered massage therapy, natural health products, wellness consultations, and complementary therapies. HMTC takes a whole-body approach to health, providing personalized support, natural healing solutions, and therapeutic services designed to promote long-term well-being.
Balloon Bar YQR
Regina
Coming from humble beginnings, Balloon Bar YQR was founded in 2018 in a spare bedroom with a core value of creativity and quickly grew into a full-fledged boutique event décor company. Balloon Bar YQR is committed to bringing joy to events, create memories that last, and be champions for their community. From small gatherings to large-scale events, they strive to provide create meaningful experiences to help people celebrate life’s moments in meaningful ways.
Scatterbrain Creations by Paige and Mom
Gull Lake
Scatterbrain Creations by Paige & Mom is a handmade craft business that creates a wide range of practical and unique fabric products, including hanging towels, wallets, bags, quilts, sensory toys, and embroidered accessories. Based in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, this mother-daughter company focuses on quality craftsmanship, offering thoughtfully designed items that combine functionality, creativity, and durability for everyday use.
Salon Joy
Warman
Salon Joy is a cozy, stylish salon where talent meets trend that just opened in 2025 in Warman, SK, and was built on years of passion for the hair industry. This passionate teams of stylists bring skill, artistry, and heart together to create looks that highlight their clients’ natural beauty and boost their confidence.
Asha Rose Bakery
Regina
Asha-Rose Bakery is a local grassroots company that started out of a mother’s kitchen that has evolved into opening a store. This Bakery is named after the owner’s child “Asha-Rose” who has a life-threatening nut allergy and is the inspiration for their 100% nut free home style baking and snacks. They take pride in having spent many hours of education and nut allergy awareness to keep families safe from any nut product.
IKS Media
Regina
IKS began in Regina in 2001 with one single client, and over the past 25 years have grown into a trusted media production company that has worked with some of the most recognized companies in North America. No matter the size of the project, IKS welcomes the challenge of finding a solution to provide the most innovative and creative audio and video technology to make their clients’ projects come to fruition.
Funky Artsmiths
Saskatoon
Funky Artsmiths started off small as an at-home art studio with just 3 small classes a week and 15 students, growing into a 2,500 sq ft studio with three classrooms and instructors. Their mission is simple: to support the visual arts education for young future artists in Saskatoon. From brand new to developing artists, Funky Artsmiths offers a wide range of learning opportunities for students to learn proper technique-based skills for drawing, painting, and other media.