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Imagine owning a slice of the stunning Rocky Mountains in Golden, BC while earning a return on your investment.

Pinnacle Lifestyles Resorts has a vision to enhance outdoor lifestyle. Founded in 2020, Pinnacle Lifestyles has already expanded to seven properties, proving its an eager market.

Let’s face it: the past few years have been no picnic for small businesses. Ellen Covey, a Certified Financial Planner and exclusive Advisor for the Cochrane & District Chamber of Commerce’s Group Insurance Plan, has seen it all. She says many small businesses feel like they are on struggle street, that hard, unpaved road where too many small business owners and their teams have been slogging lately. But Ellen’s on a mission to help chart the way to something better: a bustling, optimistic Main Street where businesses—and the people who power them—can thrive.

Local Weyburn craftsman, Andrew Hulbert, owner of Hulbert’s Cabinets & Interiors, is living his dream – doing what he loves to help others’ dreams come true.

With a passion for perfecting fine details and adding the finishing touches to a home, Andrew Hulbert found his calling with Hulbert’s Cabinets & Interiors.

There are shoes to fill, and then there are the big, distinguished shoes at Chow McLeod Barristers & Solicitors of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. But lawyers Parker A. Chow, B.Comm, J.D. and Devin R. Wilder, B.A., LL.B. have already laced them up.

Chow, for one, was already planning to follow in the family footsteps in elementary school.

Imagine owning a slice of the stunning Rocky Mountains in Golden, BC while earning a return on your investment. For those living in Cochrane – just a few hours away – this dream is now within reach!

Pinnacle Lifestyles Resorts has a vision to enhance the outdoor lifestyle RV experience. It’s why we were founded in 2020, and after only a few years it’s already expanded to seven properties. It’s an eager market. (Founded in 2020, Pinnacle Lifestyles has already expanded to seven properties, proving it's an eager market.)

You know it’s true. They know it’s true. Alberta meat is just superior. This superior product will get yet another upgrade when it arrives at The Butchery Block in Cochrane.

Butcher and owner Shane Wolbaum opened this business only a few years ago, pursuing his passion through partnerships with like-minded craftspeople and local ranches.

“It’s superior because of the local ranchers. They’re taking care of these animals properly- they’re not just another number. Plus, everything is local.”

"We’re still quite young, so we get a lot of enjoyment out of people discovering our business.” 

Need a specific tool to get the job done? Dead Horse Sales and Rentals can help.  

The company opened back in 2023, when owners Annie and Barry Wiebe recognized the need for a construction equipment rental company to operate within Morden. Before this time, Morden residents had to travel to Winkler to find the required gear.  

“If our community works together, we will see an end to homelessness.”

This from Leona Doerksen, Founder and Board Chair of The INN (Initiative for Neighbourly Nights) – a shelter that will provide immediate low-barrier transitional housing for up to 18 months.

“That’s a big vision,” she admits. “But that’s what visions are. If we work on prevention, I believe we can do it.”

Of course, The INN is just one piece of the homelessness puzzle, but she is confident that the other pieces will come together.

In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month this November, Genesis House has renewed its partnership with the South Central Regional Library for the annual "Power of the PJ’s" campaign, aimed at supporting individuals in crisis.

Wouldn’t it be nice if your one-time gift could keep creating revenue for local charities, for years to come? That’s exactly what the Steinbach Community Foundation does. Executive Director Lynda Lambert explains.

“Community foundations are all about legacy and longevity and sustainability of your region, forever. So with the Steinbach Community Foundation, 100% of your gift is invested. We do not take any fees off it. And then every year interest is earned, and that’s the money we get to grant. So your gift will be part of a different local project every year, to infinity.”