Articles by Jim Bentein - Manitoba Co-operator

Crews replace lead-tainted water service lines at homes in Flint, Michigan in March. In view of the Flint emergency, other U.S. jurisdictions are expected to ramp up investment in water-related infrastructure. (CityofFlint.com)

Ad Feature: Edmonton firm acquires water works capacity

Edmonton-based Stantec Inc., an engineering and infrastructure consulting company, has announced the biggest deal in its 62-year history. The all-cash deal for Broomfield, Colorado-based MWH Global, which Stantec said is expected to close in the second quarter could increase Stantec’s annual revenues by about 60 per cent, to more than $4.5 billion, while its global

Ad Feature: Dust-control firm takes off-road marketing opportunity

Anyone who has driven on a rural road or worked in remote areas where oil, mining, forestry or other development is occurring knows dealing with dust and unstable soils can be annoying — and it can also be a never-ending and costly task. Winnipeg-based Cypher Environmental, run by 34-year-old entrepreneur Todd Burns, has perfected an

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Ad Feature: Centrallia puts opportunities on horizon for Plains region

By GFM Network News, Jim Bentein March 28, 2016

Rock Nelson is a fifth generation South Dakotan — and South Dakota is a few thousand kilometres from Winnipeg, Manitoba and in a different country — but he is an admirer of the entrepreneurial spirit that drives the province, which he thinks is embodied by the World Trade Centre Winnipeg. That may be because his

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Business forum brings world to Winnipeg in May

Small to mid-size businesses will have a speed-dating opportunity with other businesses

By Jim Bentein March 16, 2016

Winnipeg will be reaching out to the rest of the world May 25-27 as it hosts a business-to-business forum that will allow participants to travel the globe for opportunities. That forum, to be held at the RBC Convention Centre, is just one component of an event called Centrallia, which will see more than 700 participants

Mariette Mulaire, CEO of World Trade Centre Winnipeg. (Supplied photo)

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Ad Feature: Centrallia brings export opportunities to centre stage

By GFM Network News, Jim Bentein March 2, 2016

Canada’s geographical centre is set to reach out to the world in May, as host of a business-to-business (B2B) forum for agribusinesses and other sectors to network across the globe from one spot. That forum is one component of Centrallia, in which over 700 participants from Canada and over 30 other countries are expected at

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on sluggish export sales

Canada’s small, high-protein malt barley crop poses challenges

U.S. grains: Soy down on South American weather, technical pressure

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U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs fall on sluggish export sales

Canada’s small, high-protein malt barley crop poses challenges

U.S. grains: Soy down on South American weather, technical pressure

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Ad Feature: Edmonton firm acquires water works capacity

Ad Feature: Dust-control firm takes off-road marketing opportunity

Ad Feature: Centrallia puts opportunities on horizon for Plains region

Business forum brings world to Winnipeg in May

Ad Feature: Centrallia brings export opportunities to centre stage

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