Winkler & District Chamber of Commerce

Chamber of Commerce 88th Annual General Meeting

Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time: 11:30 for networking, 12:00 noon lunch
Location: Heartland Inn.
Cost: $22.00
Speaker: Mayor Martin Harder

In addition to the business portion, Mayor Martin Harder will be presenting the “State of the City Address” at that time. Sponsors of the AGM lunch are the accounting firms of Winkler:

• BDO Dunwoody, LLP
• Dwight Suderman, CA
• Gislason Targownik Peters
• Jim M,. Smith, CA
• Jess Leung, PPW Chartered Accountants

To register for the luncheon please contact the Chamber office at 325-9758 or by
email at chamber@winkleronline.com by February 17, 2010

WCB Managing Claims Session

Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 12 – 4 pm. 
Location: Heartland Inn. 851 Main St. Winkler, MB
Cost: $40.00 + GST/person (hot lunch included in cost)
Speakers:

• Nancy Gray, Nancy Gray & Associates.
• Dave Kramer, WCB

Overview: How can you reduce your WCB claims cost? Join us for a short fact filled session and discover better ways of managing claims!

Who should attend: This session will be of specific interest to CEO's, senior management, Human Resource professionals, Disability Management specialists and Safety professionals.

For further information, contact Tammy Oakes at the CME office at (204) 949-1454 or Nancy Grey at (204) 9566-0075 or nancygray@shaw.ca
www.daretocompete.ca
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Businesses in Winkler,
as a result of our Business Retention & Expansion Survey findings, we are working through these recommendations.

Winkler Restaurant Association
If you are a local restaurateur and feel the need to share ideas and breed friendly competition with your fellow restaurateurs, then join the Winkler Restaurant Association. The goal of this new organization is to promote Winkler as a retail hub to support a vibrant restaurant environment. Casual meetings twice a year.
Please call Justin Schinkel from Country Kitchen at 325‐4381 for more details.

As businesses if you have any comments or questions, please feel free to contact
the Winkler & District Chamber of Commerce at chamber@winkleronline.com
or (204) 325‐9758.

Attending our Small Business Week Luncheon were 2 business associates who would like to deliver workshops or luncheons to our members. We are asking our membership to provide us with
feedback and suggestions.
Attending were:

- Women’s Enterprise Centre—website www.wecm.ca
Do you need financing to grow your business?
Do you need marketing and advertising expertise?
- Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters—website www.cme-mec.ca
Lean Best Practices and Processes
International Trade and Export Development

We value and appreciate your input so if you know of any other topics you would like to see us bring in the way of seminars and workshops please advise our office at
325-9758 or by e-mail at chamber@winkleronline.com

Businesses in Winkler,
As a result of our Business Retention & Expansion Survey visits, Click to see more

• Workplace Essential Skills Training Centre - Essentials Skills 1-Hour Workshops.
  All Workshops are free of charge. For info call 1-866-704-6118 or visit www.wem.mb.ca
  • February 17, 2010. Back to Basics with Numeracy
  • March 3, 2010. Take Note! for Meetings
• Spring 2010. Regional Job Fair for New Comers.
  For more info, please contact Rita Chahal at 204-948-0106 or rchahal@mbchamber.mb.ca at the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
• October 20, 2010. Winnipeg to Host Major International Business Forum
  Centrallia is based on the internationally recognized business to business match-making forum called Futurallia. To learn more about the event, please visit the website at www.centrallia.com