Volume 7, Issue 1 – Spring 2022

Sometimes being up front means going behind the scenes By Jeff Baker As I write this column, it’s the Family Day long weekend where I live (Louis Riel Day for… Read More

By Tereena Morelli Keeping everyone happy is a prominent yet challenging goal of most well-run organizations. Managers and human resource departments are continually striving to find ways to identify and

By Jayson Myers Food processing is the single largest manufacturing sector in Canada – and it is even more important in the Prairies. With sales amounting to $124 billion in

By Kristen Wittman The question of how best to structure business succession from one generation to the next is often answered with tax planning in an effort to reduce the

From peas to perogies, from teas to tarts, you won’t go hungry (or thirsty) on these folks’ watch! By Jeff Baker Food, glorious food! Oh, and drink! I don’t know

The last two years have served as a major wakeup call for manufacturers around the world. With significant supply chain risks, labour market inefficiencies and heightened geopolitical tensions, the tightenedglobal

Bringing Innovation and Opportunity to Saskatchewan Väderstad Industries has been a leading producer of agricultural machinery for decades. The driving force behind that sustained success is the Saskatchewan manufacturer’s ability

By Marney Stapley It wasn’t intentional. We realized in 2021 that we have an all-women leadership team at North Forge, running one of the largest publicly accessible fabrication labs in

Last spring, Prairie Manufacturer’s editor, Jeff Baker, spoke with Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, at the University of Manitoba to learn

Changes in workforce mean safety must remain a focus By Jamie Hall We often hear that for every challenge or problem that arises, there is also an opportunity to be

Who is Protein Industries Canada? Protein Industries Canada (PIC) is an industry-led, not-for-profit organization created to position Canada as a global source of high-quality plant protein and plant-based co-products. We