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Inflation Update June: Manitoba’s Largest year-over-year increase in CPI since 1982
6 Minute Read Winnipeg Chamber’s Policy & Research Analyst, Jamil Ahmed, highlights the latest Inflation updates in Manitoba. The consumer price index figures from Statistics Canada show that inflation reached…
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#ReimagineWPG Recap
The Winnipeg business community is resilient. Enduring new lockdowns, public health measures, business closures– it has been tough, but you found a way. That is why we launched our #ReimagineWPG…
Winnipeg Staples for Celebrate Winnipeg
The past 16 months have brought on many challenges, hardships. In a normal year for our Celebrate Winnipeg luncheon, we would be gathering in the beautiful downtown Winnipeg enjoying some…
Meet Lara Rae- Q&A
We sat down with our June Luncheon keynote, Lara Rae, Co-founder of The Winnipeg Comedy Festival and award-winning writer, comedian and public speaker to talk about her career, her experience…
FAST FIVE FOR BUSINESS: JUNE UPDATE
The Winnipeg Chamber’s Director of Policy, Colin Fast, highlights five things Winnipeg businesses should be aware of this week: City offers second round of support grant The City of Winnipeg…
Why we should be talking about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are becoming a global conversation. With it comes a reverberating call for businesses and organizations to assess their way of doing things and transform to…
Making Important Connections with PegCityLovely
Natalie Bell is a people person through and through. As a Senior Human Resources (HR) Consultant at Acuity HR Solutions and also the CEO– Creative Energetic Original– of PegCityLovely– a…
Staff Pick Their Favourite Winnipeg Restaurants!
Restaurants have been some of the hardest hit when it comes to the pandemic. As we head into another week of stay-at-home orders, we encourage you to order takeout if…
Barb Gamey: Leading by example
Post Contributed By: Jaime Kyle, The Winnipeg Foundation, Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-21 On May 14, the Leadership Winnipeg class had the opportunity to spend some time with Barb Gamey, Founder of…
Mondetta Provides Vaccine Bonus for Staff
In January 2020, Ash Modha, CEO of Mondetta– a Winnipeg-based global leader in sustainable, technical, lifestyle and active wear– was in Korea visiting one of their distributors for MPG. He…
From Fitness Coaching to Corporate Wellness
Growing up Arturo Orellana’s parents have always instilled the values of happiness and well-being in his life. Now, as Partner and Chief Strategic Officer at GFIT Wellness it’s his hope…
Five facts about Canada Goose
Leading up to our May luncheon with Kara MacKillop, Chief of Staff and EVP of People & Culture at Canada Goose, we thought we would share some of what Canada…
How To Create Your Profile in Bizzz
Introducing Bizzz.ca We are incredibly excited to announce the launch of our BRAND NEW Business Directory: Bizzz.ca. Our online directory has always in the past has been an incredible resource…
Q+A with Arts Junktion – ENVIRONMENT + ENERGY FINALIST
ArtsJunktion is a community-based, charitable organization that redistributes reusable materials. They support a creative community by providing materials through a take-what-you-need, pay-what-you-can model and through their community art space. While…
FAST FIVE FOR BUSINESS: May Update
The Winnipeg Chamber’s Director of Policy, Colin Fast, highlights five things Winnipeg businesses should be aware of this week: Financial help for summer hires The Manitoba government has launched two…
A Conversation about Anti-Asian Racism with Liz Choi and Amy Tung
Change has been forced upon us by the pandemic and it continues to push us to adjust our path. The idea for this blog titled, Your Chair in Your Community,…
Business Crews Testimonial- Evangel Oputa
Our first Business Crews cohort in Winnipeg is done and the conversations, collaboration and partnerships were flourishing. Participants benefited from the interactions and networking. Evangel Oputa, Brand solutions Manager at…
Interconnected
Post Contributed By: Sam Owen, Senior Counsel, Canada Life, Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-21 Leadership Winnipeg found a way for its 2020/2021 class to stay connected during the pandemic by leveraging virtual tools so that we could continue learning…
Thinking Inside the Circle
Post Contributed By: Abigail Myers, Digital Marketing Officer, Univeristy of Manitoba, Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-21 This April, the Leadership Winnipeg class of 2021 connected with Diane Roussin, founder of The Boldness Project –…
Giving Back to the Community
BJ Arnold, Provincial & Community Relations Lead at TC Energy, knows the value a Chamber membership can bring to an organization. In 2014, TC Energy first began to get involved…
Business Crews Testimonial- Thomas Johnson
Our first Business Crews cohort in Winnipeg is done and the conversations, collaboration and partnerships were flourishing. Participants benefited from the interactions and networking. Thomas Johnson, Financial Security Advisor, Cascade…
Building an Anti-Racist City: Ideas for everyday action from Winnipeg youth
Every year following the State of the City Address the Mayor has an opportunity to hear from our City’s youth on some of their ideas and thoughts surrounding a specific…
