Boreal forest area closer to becoming UNESCO site: Selinger

Interprovincial trade missions on rise under tariffs pressure

Interprovincial trade missions are poised to become more common as a Canada-United States trade war persists.

Prairies Economic Development Canada is working with trade commissioners nationwide to create gatherings with business groups, including chambers of commerce, according to the federal cabinet minister overseeing the department.

“I think the idea of interprovincial trade missions is (an) incredibly efficient and sensible way for businesses to learn about one another,” Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister Responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada said.

She visited Winnipeg last week and spoke to the Free Press on Friday.

All quiet on the Hellebuyck front

Pull up a chair, folks, as we address the elephant in the room. Or, to be more precise, the decorated goaltender who is not in the room. Or on the ice. Or even in the city.

Not surprisingly, the Connor Hellebuyck situation took centre stage Tuesday as members of the Winnipeg Jets held their first media session following an informal, pre-training camp skate.

“We’re definitely going to get asked about it. That’s no chirp to anybody. I think that’s just the reality of the situation,” admitted veteran defenceman Dylan DeMelo, who took part in an hour-long practice at Hockey For All Centre that involved nearly every member of the organization.

With one very notable exception, of course.

Hydro working to restore service to pockets of River Heights

When Sheila Fenby’s basement began filling with water Sunday night, it felt like déjà vu.

Councillors say Main Street Project scuttles other agency’s efforts to house homeless

A Winnipeg outreach agency that’s been largely shut out of government funding says it has found housing for more people in the last five months than Manitoba’s homeless strategy that began last year.

U of M study shows female entrepreneurs have it tough on dating market

Xiumei Li had a friend who had been on the dating scene for a while.

He’d been seeing an impressive woman, a startup founder building a successful business. She was a good conversationalist. She was interesting.

She sounded great. So why didn’t it work out?

Some gentle prodding revealed he was intimidated by her, but also felt that “there was a gap between what he expected for a partner versus what this female entrepreneur had to offer,” Li says.