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Construction Clock management platform rebranded as Supercrew

David Peters is off the clock.

The Winnipeg-based construction worker turned tech entrepreneur announced on Tuesday his company, Construction Clock, has rebranded as Supercrew.

The new name reflects the evolution from a time tracking app for the construction industry to an all-in-one crew management platform that helps contractors plan work, track labour and pay employees, Peters said.

It’s the platform he envisioned when he started the company in 2022.

Former abuser of alcohol, drugs who graduated from recovery program now helping others

The second time Ray Ducharme overdosed, he was in a Winnipeg hotel room, waiting for a spot in Adult and Teen Challenge Central Canada’s live-in recovery program.

It was Oct. 30, 2024 — not long after his first overdose had landed him in a Red Deer, Alta., hospital for eight days. Ducharme had gone west, trying to outrun the baggage he carried in Winnipeg, before eventually returning home at the behest of an ATCCC employee who assured him there would be a bed available in seven to 10 days.

Then came the second OD.

Three days later, in early November, Ducharme woke up in a Winnipeg hospital with his family around him. Doctors weren’t sure he’d survive.

New businesses start to creep up in former Winnipeg Slurpee shops

The remnants of 7-Eleven can still be seen as new businesses move into spaces where Slurpee machines and taquitos once ruled.

As fresh paint dries on several new ventures — such as a pizza place and a convenience store with a name that might make a customer do a double-take — holes across Winnipeg once occupied by the international convenience chain are slowly being filled.

Business at a Domino’s Pizza in Elmwood, formerly a 7-Eleven, has been booming since it opened June 1, the store manager said.

“The issues that 7-Eleven would have had might be different than what we would have. They were dealing with a lot of theft where people can just walk in and out, but Domino’s isn’t set up that way,” said Paul Hemmerling.

Letters, Aug. 31

Connor Hellebuyck, as we know, backstopped the U.S.A. to Olympic gold. Shortly after winning, he was invited to the Oval Office and accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom from his country, a medal that has been awarded to numerous famous athletes — Babe Ruth, Billie Jean King, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan, to name a few.

Foreign workers at Manitoba hotel are owed $138K in unpaid wages and fees, labour board rules

BRANDON — The Manitoba Labour Board has ordered the Western Star All Suites Hotel to pay nearly $138,000 in unpaid wages and administrative fees after it dismissed the appeals involving three foreign workers employed by the company.

In a decision dated Aug. 25, the board ordered 6692452 Manitoba Ltd. (doing business as Western Star All Suites Hotel), 1638185 Alberta Ltd. and company director P.X. to pay a total of $137,915.79 to the Employment Standards Branch for wages owed to foreign workers S.J., J.B. and G.R.

The decision was edited to protect the personal information of the employees, who worked at a hotel, reportedly in Melita, at different times and also lived there during their employment.

The board stated the employees were owed wages after hearing evidence about long working hours, irregular payments, inadequate employment records and working conditions.

Family focused film fest ready to roll in St. B

It’s been a big weekend for the movies.

Yes, the Academy Awards were handed out Sunday night in Hollywood, but in St. Boniface, one of the city’s longest-running film festivals clicked play, showcasing nine hard-to-find, heartfelt children’s films for bargain prices — a single screening ticket goes for $6, while a family of five can get an unlimited pass for $50.

The Freeze Frame International Film Festival is for kids of all ages, says artistic director Pascal Boutroy, who co-founded the event with his wife, Nicole Matiation, in 1995 after moving to Winnipeg from Montreal.

This year, as always, the slate of films being shown spans the globe, with movies from Belgium, Germany, Australia, Indonesia, Denmark and Canada on deck. All screenings are at the Centre culturel franco-manitobain at 340 Provencher Ave.