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Manitoba Trade Offices Open In India
The Province of Manitoba now has an extended arm in India, centered in the entrepreneurship city of Ahmedabad!  Manitoba Trade and Investment, Department of Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade, is pleased to announce that Global Network International has been appointed as Manitoba’s Representative of Trade and Investment in India...More

CentrePort Canada - Manitoba's Inland Port

CentrePort Canada is Open for Business.

CentrePort Canada is centrally and strategically located at the heart of North America to connect businesses to world markets....More
Manitoba's Inland Port (220 KB pdf)
Also available in Français & Español

Centrallia 2010

A Business to Business Forum 20 10, 2010
Also available in Français & Español
Oct. 21, 2009, Entrepreneurs ecstatic about making contacts
Premier Greg Selinger speaks to business leaders at the official launch of Centrallia on Tuesday.
By: Martin Cash - Wpg. Free Press

Recent Articles from the Winnipeg Free Pressclick to expand menu

Nov. 5, 2009, Stability a rainmaker
The Manitoba Association of Business Economists is holding its annual outlook conference on the provincial economy today and the message, as it has been for much of the last decade, will likely be about stability....A veteran architect from Los Angeles, Erlanger started working at Smith Carter in Winnipeg in June. He is one of five people -- 20 per cent of the firm's new hires in 2009 -- to move to Winnipeg from elsewhere this year....
By: Martin Cash, Winnipeg Free Press

Nov. 5, 2009, City firms get national engineering awards
The Winnipeg office of AMEC was one of two local engineering firms to walk away with one of the top two prizes at the 2009 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards dinner held Tuesday in Ottawa....Not to be outdone, Winnipeg's Tower Engineering Group Limited Partnership snagged the Schreyer Award for having the most technically innovative project....
By: Murray McNeill Winnipeg Free Press

Oct. 14, 2009: Deal puts city on investors' map
The creation of Canada's first-ever foreign trade zone at CentrePort Canada will put the country back on the menu of options for international site selectors.
By: Martin Cash, Winnipeg Free Press

Oct. 10, 2009: CentrePort already getting inquiries from abroad
JUST one day after CentrePort was named to become Canada's first foreign trade zone in a pilot project, CentrePort's phone is starting to ring. CentrePort board chairman Kerry Hawkins said Friday they've already had calls from interested manufacturers from Korea, Europe, and ...
By: Kevin Rollason, Winnipeg Free Press

Oct. 9, 2009: Province, feds give CentrePort $3.5M, Expected to be Canada's first foreign trade zone
The federal and Manitoba governments have taken a multi-million-dollar step towards creating Canada's first foreign trade zone. Premier Gary Doer and Stockwell Day, minister of international trade and the Asia-Pacific Gateway, announced $3.5 million in joint funding for CentrePort Canada at the...
By: Geoff Kirbyson, Winnipeg Free Press

Sept. 17, 2009, Aerospace Company Fying High
StandardAero is breaking ground today on its latest expansion: a $13-million, 27,000-squarefoot effort this time around....More
By: Martin Cash, Winnipeg Free Press

Sept. 17, 2009, Civil Servant to be Named CentrePort CEO
OTTAWA -- Manitoba's deputy finance minister has been tapped to head Winnipeg's inland port initiative, the Free Press has learned. Diane Gray -- one of the most powerful public servants in Manitoba who helped negotiate the development of CentrePort Canada Inc., -- will be named as its first...More
By: Mia Rabson, Winnipeg Free Press

Sept. 17, 2009, Manitoba Manufacturers Rolling Along
MANITOBA'S manufacturing sector turned in one of the best performances in the country over the first seven months of this year, even though it had the country's biggest drop in shipments in July.

Sept. 17, 2009, Even More Good News for Canada's Economy
OTTAWA -- The economy is showing unmistakable signs of having recovered from a year-long recession, economists said Wednesday, citing a string of surprisingly strong growth indicators across a wide spectrum of activity.

Sept. 3, 2009, Manitoba to lead pack: bank
Manitoba will be the only province to post any economic growth this year and will be one of the country's better performers in 2010, according to Laurentian Bank...More
By: Murray McNeill, Winnipeg Free Press

August 8, 2009, Manitoba beats other provinces in jobs race
MANITOBA has been a shining light on the jobs front during the recession, adding more new jobs than any other province, according to Statistics Canada figures released Friday. Training Minister Andrew Swan said the figures show Manitoba was one of only two provinces ...
By: Murray McNeill, Winnipeg Free Press

July 27, 2009, Monsanto breaks ground on plant-breeding centre GM canola will be available to farmers far sooner. MONSANTO Canada broke ground Monday on a new state-of-the art plant breeding centre that will get new types of genetically modified canola into farmers' hands sooner than otherwise would have been possible.
By: Murray McNeill, Winnipeg Free Press

July 27, 2009, Fringe festival draws record numbers this year
FRINGE fanatics "came out in droves" to this year's festival, setting a new attendance record, organizers said Sunday.Final numbers will be released today, but as of Sunday at 8:30 p.m., ticket sales had reached more than 80,000, said Chuck McEwen, the festival's executive producer...More
By: Matt Preprost, Winnipeg Free Press

June 26, 2009, Survey sees hot biz prospects for city
A Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce initiative beating the bushes for prospective businesses that might move to Winnipeg has uncovered 12 hot leads...More
By Martin Cash Winnipeg Free Press,

June 20, 2009, More engine work heading Standard Aero's way,
STANDARDAero is repatriating an engine overhaul facility from the Netherlands to Winnipeg, a move that will boost its Manitoba workforce by 50 by the time it's completed at the end of 2010. Manny Atwal, general manager for the Winnipeg-based aerospace company's Pratt & Whitney Canada division... More
By: Geoff Kirbyson Winnipeg Free Press,

June 19, 2009, Bristol to make jet fighter tail parts
BRISTOL Aerospace has won an $11-million contract to produce the horizontal tail components for the latest U.S. fighter jet, the Joint Strike Fighter.It is the first of many production contracts Bristol expects to be awarded as the new F-35 fighter, as the JSF is being called, progresses into larger production runs. The jets will end up costing a total of about $300 billion when the whole program is complete...More
By: Martin Cash Winnipeg Free Press,

June 9, 2009, Free trade with Europe sweet dream for Canada
The same day the Canadian finance minister warned Canadian municipalities about the dangers of protectionism, a workshop on a Canada/European Union free trade agreement was being held in Winnipeg...More

June 5, 2009 Manitoba building up steam,
Manitoba rode a wave of new non-residential construction projects to one of the biggest increases in building-permit activity in the country in April...More
By: Murray McNeil, Winnipeg Free Press,

Aerospace News... 787 Dreamliner from Boeing
The First Flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
and more information about the aircraft

January 2010

Business News Releases Organized by Topic & Date (2009)


Business: Government click to expand menu
Business: Communities, Transportation & Infrastructure click to expand menu
Industry: Agriculture & Food Processing click to expand menu
Industry: Education, Culture and Tourism click to expand menu
Industry: Energy & Climate Change click to expand menu
Labour, Jobs, Training, Immigration & Workforce click to expand menu
Trade & Investment click to expand menu
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