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THE ASSINIBOIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE assiniboiachamber.ca BUSINESS REVIEW WEST WINNIPEG
Kristi Meek President | Executive Director Jessica Robinson Marketing & Office Coordinator THE FREE PRESS winnipegfreepress.com
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Message from the President | Executive Director Message from the Chair Key Strategies for Business Safety by Kristin Marand Winnipeg’s Rising Crime Rates Push Businesses to Take Action by Todd Lewys Prevention & Protection: Retail Theft & The Winnipeg Police Service by Wendy King Count on Change: Navigating Workforce Trends in Accounting & Beyond by Kristin Marand Trending in the Right Direction: Educators Examine Recent Workforce Trends by Jim Timlick Workforce Trends Focus on Human-Centred Approach by Jennifer McFee Embracing Diversity: The Workforce Shift Shaping Tomorrow’s Success by David Drake Assiniboia Chamber of Commerce 2024 Business Excellence Awards
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Chief Executive Officer Mike Power VP Revenue and Business Development Michele Prysazniuk Director, Advertising, FP Features Charlene Adam Editor Kristin Marand Writers
Kristin Marand Jennifer McFee
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Todd Lewys David Drake Wendy King Jim Timlick
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Photography Darcy Finley Numerous organizations supplied Design
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Karen Spence Ken Waterman
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Land Acknowledgement: The Assiniboia Chamber of Commerce acknowledges that we gather on ancestral lands, Treaty One Territory, traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, Lakota and Dene Peoples, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Our drinking water comes from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, in Treaty Three Territory.
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