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Jun 18, 2013
New Flyer awarded Atlanta bus contract
Winnipeg Free Press: June 18, 2013 Winnipeg-based New Flyer Industries Inc., the leading North American bus maker, has been awarded a large new contract with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA).
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Jun 18, 2013
Local business incubator gets new name
Winnipeg Free Press: June 18, 2013 Biomedical Commercialization Canada Inc. (BCC), the Winnipeg business incubator, is changing its name to the Manitoba Technology Accelerator. Marshall Ring, CEO of the Manitoba Technology Accelerator, said there were many factors involved in the decision to re-brand, not the least of which is that the not-for-profit organization works with more than just biomedical companies.
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Jun 18, 2013
McMunn & Yates absorbs five McDiarmid locations
Winnipeg Free Press: June 18, 2013 McMunn & Yates Building Supplies and McDiarmid Lumber have a lot in common. Both companies have stylized Ms in their company logos, the founders of each company were friends (management of both companies passed to the next generation) and McMunn & Yates and McDiarmid Lumber are the only regional building-supply chains in the market since the arrival of the big-box category killers.
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