, in 2017 as a way to make some income while out of work due to an injury. Five years later, Fortune’s business has grown and earned him more local recognition than he ever anticipated.
Although currently, Dave Fortune can only make 500-piece puzzles with his home-based business, he is expanding in the new year and will be able to make 100, 300 and 48-piece puzzles. – Kristin Gardiner “Everything is made right here on the Island ... I try as best I can, within reason, to buy all my supplies locally. Sometimes I can’t, but I think right now, the farthest I have to go is Halifax.” – Dave Fortune
“Everything is made right here on the Island,” he said. “I try as best I can, within reason, to buy all my supplies locally. Sometimes I can’t, but I think right now, the farthest I have to go is Halifax.” Long before starting up Lil' Buddy Puzzlez, Dave Fortune had wanted to start his own puzzle-making business. However, the cutting machine he needed was out of his price range, so he worked with O'Leary-based puzzle maker Rick Cameron. When Cameron retired, Fortune was gifted his old machine. – Kristin Gardiner