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7 March 2018 SMART BIZ The door to opportunity in Manitoba


Getting started with medical cannabis


Te Hockey Barn teaching


athletes more than just hockey Manitoba’s newest hockey facility providing mentorship and life lessons to athletes


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cannabis industry in Canada continues to evolve and mature, and the country marches towards cannabis legalization in the coming months, there are an ever-increasing number of medical cannabis options available to patients. Here’s what you need to know to get started: 1) Educate Yourself – Tere is an abundance of information


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about medical cannabis readily available online from lots of credible websites. As a starting point, I recommend the follow- ing resources: a) Health Canada website (Google medical cannabis Health


Canada) – this site will provide an overview of the Accessing Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations along with some resources to clinical studies on the use of medical cannabis. b) Mayo Clinic website (Google medical cannabis Mayo


Clinic) - this site will provide an overview of medical cannabis, albeit with a US perspective, in mind.


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ore and more people these days are turning to medical cannabis as a natural alternative to traditional opioids and other prescription medication. As the medical


ccording to the diction- ary, a Barn is “a large farm building used for storing


grain, hay, or straw or for housing livestock.” Tat may be true, but when being described in terms of hockey, it has a completely different meaning. A barn in hockey terms is the


word used to describe the arenas. Traditionally, minor hockey rinks are played in small facilities that often share a similar shape to farming barns, which is where the slang term for a hockey rink originates. It’s also the name of


Michael Hunt (right) with his son Cameron at the Hockey Barn.


Manitoba’s newest hockey facility Te Hockey Barn, a 3200 square foot barn with a sport court 80ft long x 40ft wide that offers athletes the op- portunity to work on dryland train- ing, small space training, shooting,


and skill development. Michael Hunt is the owner and


Operations Manager of Te Hockey Barn and a familiar name when it comes to roller hockey in Winni-


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Local fundraiser set to hit milestone Winn$tock 2018 looks to surpass a million dollars.


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veryone has that inner rock-star that’s waiting to get out and when given


the chance to loosen the tie, un- tuck the shirt, and show off that tattoo that’s been hidden under a suit all this time, many of us would jump at that chance. For the past 13 year s, Winn$tock Battle of the Bands


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Charity Fundraiser has been giv- ing people in the financial services industry a chance to do just that. This year marks the 14th year


for the increasingly popular event, being held Friday, March 9th at Cowboys Canad Inns Destination


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MARCH 28, 2018: A DOG'S PURPOSE THE GLOBE THEATRE, (3rd floor) PORTAGE PLACE


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