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Farm and business groups back proposed changes to family transfers
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Farm and business groups back proposed changes to family transfers

Groups say current rules make it easier to sell to a non-family member

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The Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses have welcomed an NDP MP’s proposal to ease the transfers of business to the next generation. Quebec MP Guy Caron’s bill says the small business corporations including farms and fishing operations should be able to be transferred to younger family members without being
Nikita Shaurette is owner of the Shuttle Bug, a passenger vehicle fleet operating in the Riding Mountain National Park area.
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Onanole entrepreneur driven to succeed

Nikita Shaurette started her shuttle company getting the bar crowd home safely. Now she’s transporting birdwatchers and hundreds of other tourists to and fro in the Riding Mountain area

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Onanole resident Nikita Shaurette used to wonder why there was no local bus service. Lots of people were always headed to and fro in and around Riding Mountain National Park. Those leaving local bars often got behind the wheel — even when they shouldn’t. It was when a friend was injured in a car accident
man at a podium speaking at an event
Country Crossroads, Local news

Boissevain residents keen to ‘mind their own business’

Small-town business fair an idea others should try, says Manitoba chamber president

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When Boissevain residents talk about minding their own business, what they mean is, “Let’s help someone start one.” “The next time someone says, ‘You know what this town needs,’ say, ‘How can I help you get that started?’” said Marj Billaney, host of a chamber-sponsored business fair here last week. “And let’s not say to
selling vegetables at a farmers market
Country Crossroads, Local news

Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing

The Direct Farm Marketing Conference marks its 20th anniversary at its meeting in Brandon

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Forget the stereotype of the elderly farmer selling some garden surplus or a few jars of homemade pickles at the Saturday morning farmers’ market. Vendors selling homegrown vegetables, preserves and meat today are just as likely to be their energetic and technically savvy grandkids — or at least their age. Their small businesses aren’t just
Olympic curler, Jennifer Jones speaking at conference
Country Crossroads, Local news

Olympic curler inspires rural entrepreneurs to ‘Take the Leap’

The annual conference in Dauphin connects successful and budding entrepreneurs

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An awed silence fell over the room, even quieting a gaggle of teenage girls, as Olympian gold medal curler Jennifer Jones took the stage to address the recent Take the Leap conference in Dauphin. “I want to talk to you about having a gold medal performance in life,” said the Olympic gold medal curler and
Women working in a restaurant kitchen
Country Crossroads

Funding shortfalls threaten popular Parkland business

Residential and day programs for vulnerable adults are facing shortfalls that make their futures uncertain, say executive directors

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A popular bakery and restaurant on Grandview’s Main Street is quietly going broke and it’s not because no one is buying buns or stopping by for lunch. The bustle inside The Friendly Corner Bake Shop’s belies the predicament facing the agency that has operated it since 1993 — an accumulating deficit that threatens to shut

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