This week brought a fantastic meeting on regional planning and Plan20-50 with participants from all over the province, the country, and the world.
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Sustainable Procurement—What You Need to Know
What is sustainable procurement and how does it affect our day-to-day?
Working for Canada’s water future
Water: A deep dive into the work that’s being done to restore and preserve Canada’s waters, and what more needs to happen.
The future of Global Waters
What is Canada’s Water Agency and why is creating one necessary?
How ‘Support Local’ Actually Benefits YOU
How does ‘Support Local’ benefit the consumer? Here’s how!
Rural and Northern Internet Connectivity – Leaders Take Action
Planning and building strong communities today requires more attention than ever before. Leadership at all levels of government have worked long and hard to provide residents with basic services such as functioning roads and bridges, clean water and waste water...
How Leaders are Meeting the Needs of a Growing Population
Last week, 60 leaders from businesses, municipalities and Indigenous communities teamed up to explore best practices in purchasing, and meeting the needs of a growing population. They reviewed legal and trade obligations as well as ways to harness their purchasing...
A Better Way for the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region
We are at a unique place in time as we work to establish the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region model of collaborative development. Leaders from government, business and industry recognize that if we are to grow our economy, provide quality of life benefits for our...
How to Make Your Vote Count
How to make your vote count: October 24th is municipal election day in Manitoba. All across our province, residents will be able to have their say on who will lead their community into the future by choosing their mayor, reeve, councillors and school board trustees....
Do you think it’s different this time?
With the smoke in the air in Winnipeg and the prediction from experts that this may be with us until the end of August I reached out to an expert in Hydrology and Climate Change, Bob Sandford, to talk through the issue and to see if this year was really all that...
Economiser oui, s’amalgamer non
Economiser oui, s'amalgamer non. Great to be involved with our Francophone community in the Winnipeg Metro Region! I talked to La-Liberte writer Daniel Bahuad for a piece called Economiser oui, s'amalgamer non. The article talks about the development of JohnQ...
Leaders Unite for Fibre Optic Feasibility Study
Leaders recently undertook a Fibre Optic Feasibility Study for the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region through the newly established JohnQ Public - an arms-length Development Corporation. The feasibility study provides information to begin to assess the direction and...
Why Eating Local Tastes Better
With summer in full swing in Manitoba, it’s a great opportunity to check out the wide variety of local fruits and vegetables available. According to Peak of the Market, Manitoba produces over 120 varieties of vegetables including asparagus, beets, cabbage, carrots,...
Fun Times Ahead at The Winnipeg Folk Festival
Festivals, whether large or small, add to our community and to our economy. On July 11, 2019 the 46th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival will get under way with an expected 70,000 people attending over four days. This festival is not only a great time that brings...