Volume 5, Issue 2 – Fall 2020

Prairie manufacturers step up to the challenge of COVID-19 By Jeff Baker Well, here we are. As I write this, it’s just gone mid-August, and it honestly feels like summer… Read More

How one company turned their business on a dime…and back again  By John Graham On March 20, 2020, Winkler, Manitoba-based ICON Technologies, a manufacturer of after-market parts for recreational vehicles,

Prairie manufacturers heading into an uncertain recovery By Jayson Myers The pandemic has really knocked the wind out of Prairie manufacturing – and the western Canadian economy as a whole.

By Jeff Palamar Employers are obliged to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare at work of all their workers. This would include ensuring that

Seeing yourself in the business is just as important as finding yourself in business By J.D. Baldwin When Adrianna Cooper took on a purge of her medicine cabinet and makeup

Manufacturers lean into the challenges posed by COVID-19, find they’re not alone By Jeff Baker Depending who you ask, 2019 was a year that was particularly challenging for a multitude

COVID-19 the impetus for Calgary maker community to dive into PPE By David Quinn Calgary makerspace Fuse33 was faced with a number of difficult decisions in the last year while

An infectious disease specialist explains why masks are only part of the COVID-19 response By Dr. Robyn Harrison However diverse the experiences, every business and industry has been impacted in

Leading, and caring, in the midst of a crisis By Lori Schmidt (Prairie Manufacturer Magazine welcomes Lori Schmidt as guest columnist for this edition of Women in Manufacturing.) As we

How to stop the harm of misinformation from spreading We’ve all probably seen something online, in print, or on television that didn’t seem quite right, or it seemed to go

Helpful tips to keep your people and plant safe By Nathan Rasmussen During the initial phase of the pandemic, we have learned some hard lessons about this virus. The most