As of March 1, 2019, Progressive Westman will be the proud new owner of Wheelers Green Carpet Cleaning. As a company constantly striving to provide new and innovative ways to bring customers value in their industry, this acquisition seemed like a perfect fit. The Wheeler family has been serving the Westman area for over three decades. The Progressive team look forward to continuing to provide a high level of carpet cleaning excellence. Their staff have been working hard to learn all the best tips, tricks, & techniques under the Wheelers staff and other experts to ensure the same level of quality Wheelers customers have come to expect. They will be working diligently to ensure the transition is seamless! The name, phone number, website, email address and booking systems will all remain the same for the foreseeable future. The only change will be the business will be operated by Progressive and our kick ass staff!

Finding freedom from debt is easier than you think. Now open in Brandon, Manitoba, C. Buhler & Associates Ltd. offers free financial consultations to anyone struggling with debt. By explaining options such as consolidation, financial counselling, Consumer Proposals and Bankruptcies, Licensed Insolvency Trustee Crystal Buhler is hoping to provide a lasting solution to those stuck in the cycle of borrowing and debt. Buhler notes, “Too many people aren’t sure where to turn. There is a stigma about being in debt, and people find it hard to talk about money. It impacts relationships and mental health more than most people realize.” Licensed Insolvency Trustees are the only professionals in Canada permitted to administer Consumer Proposals and Bankruptcies.  With current levels of debt, many Canadian households find they are not able to get ahead on their obligations, turning instead to debt management plans, or credit counsellors. Buhler emphasizes her service is different, offering free no-obligation consultations, in person or by phone, to provide situation-specific, reliable, answers in a non-judgmental manner. Born and raised in Southwest Manitoba, Buhler is proud to open her office in Brandon, and is licensed to serve Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. To arrange a free consultation, call 1-855-352-FREE (3733), email crystal@debtfreenorth.com, or check out the website www.debtfreenorth.com.

The Batchery, a Brandon Food Truck specializing in ice cream, gelato and sorbetto made right on the truck, will have a new place to call home this summer.  They will be changing locations from the Healthy Living Centre to the grounds at the Brandon Riverbank. The announcement was made earlier today.

Heritage Co-op has purchased the Rivers Bigway Foods store and is proud to officially become a member of the Rivers community in spring 2019. The recent sale has the current owners and Heritage Co-op management and board excited about the future of the store. “We’re ready to show Rivers the Co-op difference, and that extends beyond great products and service,” said Heritage Co-op General Manager, Lorne Zacharias. “We strive to be a true member of the communities we serve, and that means supporting community groups and initiatives and caring about the causes our community members care about.” Customers can always be sure that their dollars spent will be invested back into the communities served. Heritage Co-op also encourages community members to take advantage of Co-op’s lifetime membership benefits – another important feature of the Co-op difference. Members are owners and share in the profits of their Co-op. Purchases made at Heritage Co-op locations gain members equity, and each year members receive cash back for a portion of this equity. “It’s easy to earn cash back just by shopping at Co-op for your everyday needs, and it’s easy to shop at Heritage Co-op locations, now in seven different communities,” said Zacharias. “With Rivers’ close proximity to Brandon, shoppers will also be happy to know that they can gain equity when they shop at our Rivers location and our Brandon location.” Heritage Co-op looks forward to providing a truly local grocery option for the Rivers community and getting to know the community and its members better. “We have long felt like Rivers was part of our overall Heritage Co-op community, so it’s exciting that we can now officially call Rivers one of our communities served” said Zacharias. Heritage Co-op will officially take ownership in April 2019, with the specific date to be determined. During this transition, the store will operate as usual. All Rivers Bigway Foods employees will be given the opportunity to remain employed at the store once Heritage Co-op takes ownership. Heritage Co-op values the business of the customers at this store and will ensure that the store provides the highest level of service. Customers can look forward to seeing Co-op label products stocked throughout the store once the transition is complete. A grand opening event will follow in summer 2019.

March 13, 2019 will mark 3-years in business for www.bdnmb.ca. To say that the popularity of the web site has exceeded our expectations would be an understatement.  In just three short years, we have surpassed 15,000 Facebook followers and traffic to the web site continues to grow with each passing month.  In the past 12-months, with the generous support of many different companies and sponsors, we have been able to award over $10,000 in prizes to our followers.  Stay tuned to our Facebook page as we have many additional giveaways scheduled in the coming weeks including our big 3-year anniversary prize package. The format we selected to report the latest news, sports and entertainment information to our readers quickly proved to be very popular.  Since its inception several other local online formats have looked to emulate the way we present the information on both our web site and Facebook page.  Our advertising options and business features continue to be very popular and productive, as the latest testimonial below illustrates. The article had a huge impact on our business. It was able to reach tons of people in the local area, something we wouldn’t of been able to do on our own. The response from the people was very convincing. BDNMB.CA helped us connect with so many more people, which has really accelerated our sales.   Justin Holder--Prairie Twigs Through our sister company Food Truck Warz we have been to raise both awareness and funds for many charities including Westman Dreams for Kids, Pawsitive Communities and Career Connections.  As a community minded organization we will continue to support these types of initiatives and more. Thank-you again to everyone who has played a role in the growth and expansion of www.bdnmb.ca.  We have several new promotions starting shortly and are currently working on adding several new sections to the web site as well.