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Your Winnipeg Spring Composting Guide: How to Reduce Food Waste
4.5-minute read Written by Casey Clair, Energy & Climate Advocate It’s Compost Awareness Week, and we’re here to raise awareness about composting! More than that, we want to tell you…
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Meeting Winnipeg’s Mayoral Candidates
3- minute read As we embark on a new chapter as a city, Winnipeggers want a civic government that is united in rebuilding our economy, revitalizing our urban core, and…
Mayoral Debate: Candidates Announced
On October 21, The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce will present its 2022 Mayoral Candidates Debate, moderated by Maralee Caruso, CTV News Anchor and featuring the frontrunners in the campaign, as…
Meet our Volunteer Award Recipients
Each year, The Chamber recognizes a force that makes our city function: volunteers. At this year’s AGM, we recognized five Chamber Volunteers for their dedicated services. Volunteers of the Year:…
Welcome Back!
7-minute Read Written by Mahrukh Ali Aziz, DEI Coordinator In this article read: CODE Events Line up 2022/23 Testimonials we gathered over the summer CODE Conference 2022 highlights! CODE Events…
Jones is ready to Lead, ReConnect and Grow as Chair
4-minute read Written by Jess Borys, Communications Manager When Mark Jones began to get involved with The Chamber community over eight years ago, he was pleasantly surprised by how “beyond…
Canadian Survey on Business Conditions Q3 Findings
3- minute read Rising inflation, supply chain issues, labour shortages, and growing expenses are still problems for Canadian businesses according to survey of 17K businesses The Canadian Chamber of Commerce…
The Future of our Downtown– Q&A with Loren Remillard
3- minute read In the next two years, tens of millions of dollars will be invested in Winnipeg’s downtown as part of our city’s Downtown Recovery Strategy – but what…
Our Civic Election Playbook
3- minute read Written by Chris Minaker, Vice President of Policy and Engagement Municipal election day is October 26. The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce has been working hard to make…
3 Factors Affecting Business – Manitoba’s Inflation, Unemployment and Minimum Wage Increase
4-minute read Written by Jamil Ahmed, Policy & Research Analyst In August 2022, Manitoba’s unemployment rate increased by 1.8 percentage points from the previous month to 5.3%, which was lower…
A City Built on Purpose
4-minute read Written by Jess Borys, Communications Manager Growing up, Mick Cornett didn’t dream about becoming a four-term Mayor of Oklahoma City or being named to Fortune Magazine’s list of…
Get to Know Casey- Our new Energy and Climate Advocate
2-minute read Hello Chamber members, My name is Casey Clair, and I am The Chamber’s new Energy and Climate Advocate. This position was created through Efficiency Manitoba’s Community Efficiency Program…
3 Reasons to attend our Talent Summit
2-minute read Employee retention. Inclusive workplaces and hiring practices. Talent recruitment. Are these top of mind for you and your business? Well, then we have the event for you! According…
Request for Proposal: Logo Redesign
As Winnipeg’s largest member organization, The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce (The Chamber) continues to make strides to help our members lead, connect and grow. March 8, 2023 marks the 150th…
Inflation Update June: Manitoba’s Largest year-over-year increase in CPI since 1982
6 Minute Read Winnipeg Chamber’s Policy & Research Analyst, Jamil Ahmed, highlights the latest Inflation updates in Manitoba. The consumer price index figures from Statistics Canada show that inflation reached…
A Spirit of Community
4- minute read What does the spirit of Winnipeg mean? Community? Celebration? Giving back? Innovation? For Chamber member, LITE (Local Investment Towards Employment), it means all of that and more. …
Local Storytelling Agency Gives Back
4-minute read Over the last ten years, Chamber member, Coelement, has been producing the videos and graphics for our Spirit of Winnipeg Awards, which are all about celebrating our Winnipeg…
BUSINESS PANDEMIC RECOVERY INCOMPLETE
3- minute read SIGNIFICANT NATIONAL AND LOCAL HEADWINDS, SAYS CHAMBER SURVEY OF 16K BUSINESSES The Canadian Chamber of Commerce Business Data Lab (BDL) and Statistics Canada have released the Q2…
Shedding Light on World Class Tech in Winnipeg
4-minute Read Post Contributed By: Kayla Buehler, Marketing Director, Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce | Leadership Winnipeg Class of 2020-2022 We all know the iconic skyline of Winnipeg– the Esplanade Riel….
Share your ideas with our community!
3-minute read At our May luncheon, we launched our brand new 2022/2023 Membership luncheon lineup. Along with the lineup, we launched registration for our upcoming 2022-2023 Season Seat luncheon lineup….
Food Access for All | Spirit Finalist Q&A
4-minute read The Spirit of Winnipeg Awards Gala is one of our business community’s most highly anticipated events — and it’s all about honouring local organizations making a difference in…
Chamber position on new minimum wage bill
On May 31, 2022, The Winnipeg Chamber submitted the following letter to the provincial government regarding Bill 44 – The Employment Standards Code Amendment Act (Minimum Wage). May 31, 2022…
