
Aaron Epp
Associate Editor at Canadian Mennonite
Columnist at Winnipeg Free Press
Business reporter and volunteers columnist @WinnipegNews. He/him. Get in touch: [email protected]
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13 hours ago |
winnipegfreepress.com | Aaron Epp
Anna Hunter is marking 10 years as a farmer, which is not bad for someone who didn’t intend to make her living working the land. Hunter and husband Luke Palka operate Long Way Homestead, a fibre farm and wool processing mill in Ste. Genevieve. The couple was living in Vancouver a decade ago, when they purchased the 140-acre plot of land, some 40 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg.
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2 days ago |
winnipegfreepress.com | Aaron Epp
Manitoba entrepreneur Daniel Santos has high hopes for the coming months. Evotrux, the business he co-founded seven years ago, is making its presence known after years of operating in what Santos describes as “stealth mode.”“We’re essentially launching Evotrux to the world,” he said. “It’s been behind closed doors to the world until now.”Evotrux offers an on-demand freight marketplace that does away with phone calls, emails and spreadsheets.
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4 days ago |
winnipegfreepress.com | Aaron Epp
The first retail venture in the Naawi-Oodena urban economic development zone in south Winnipeg is fuelling up for opening day. Oodena Gas & Convenience will open to the public June 30. Representatives from the Treaty One Development Corp. held a soft opening event for the gas bar, located at 1871 Taylor Ave., on Monday. “It’s really exciting to finally be able to open up a business here,” said T1DC president and Sagkeeng First Nation Chief E.J. Fontaine.
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5 days ago |
winnipegfreepress.com | Aaron Epp
Brandon man taking on punishing 3,500-km cycling route for cancer research By: Aaron Epp Posted: 6:00 AM CDT Monday, Jun.
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5 days ago |
winnipegfreepress.com | Aaron Epp
If there’s one thing Darrell Driedger likes, it’s a challenge. “I’m a custom guy all the way,” he says of his interest in creating unique products. “I’m in my glory when I get a set of plans from a client, can offer suggestions on the design and build and then figure out how we can make it work.”Driedger is the chief operating officer at Strong Electric Manufacturing Inc., a Winnipeg business that provides standard and custom engineered solutions for the electrical industry.
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