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WINTER 2018 7 CONTINUED >> STANDARDAERO Lieutenant Governor Awards – Business, Presented by Bell MTS Founded in 1911, StandardAero is one of the global aerospace industry's largest independent maintenance, repair and overhaul providers. Its mission is to be the best employer, the most trusted service partner and a place where custom solutions come standard. With over 6,000 employees — more than 1,300 working in Winnipeg — StandardAero has become a truly international company. Its solid roots in Winnipeg are now the backbone of the province's important aerospace sector. MANITOBA MUSEUM (WINNIPEG) Outstanding Social Enterprise The Manitoba Museum is the province's largest not-for-profit heritage and science centre, renowned for its vivid portrayal of Manitoba's rich and colourful history. It is also the province's central repository of heritage materials and supplier of heritage services, with over 2.8 million artifacts and specimens, including the internationally renowned Hudson's Bay Company Museum Collection of more than 27,133 artifacts. With nine interpretive galleries, the Planetarium, Science Gallery, and Alloway Hall, visitors of all ages can explore the interrelationship of people and their environment. Finalists: Building Urban Industries for Local Development (BUILD) Inc.; NorWest Co-op Community Health Centre BLAYNE WYTON, PRAIRIE BARNWOOD LTD. (MORDEN) Entrepreneur of the Year, Sponsored by Taylor McCaffrey LLP Prairie Barnwood Ltd. (PBW) was founded by Blayne Wyton in 2008. It was during a trip to Ontario that the vision for PBW was born, to create handcrafted furniture from reclaimed wood. Working from his shop near Morden, the company dismantles old barns, sheds and homesteads to make heirloom-quality pieces. More than just a business owner, Blayne is a strong voice and advocate for human rights and empowering women, helping with humanitarian aid work, including projects to provide basic needs for villagers in rural India and raising funds to buy land and build a farm to employ widows in India. Finalists: Hillary Proctor, Leaf Landscaping Inc.; Karen Swystun & Fred Loewen, Waterford Global Inc. SYCAMORE ENERGY INC. (WINNIPEG) Outstanding Small Business, Sponsored by CPHR Manitoba Founded in 2012, Sycamore Energy Inc. believes in working towards a clean, sustainable and independent energy future by providing access to electricity generated

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