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Member Profile: ITEC 2000
ITEC 2000 joined us in March of this year. Their heavy-equipment sales and service operation is out on Gardner Road in Rosslyn and employs about 35 people full-time. You may have met some of the team at one of our events, especially Jen – she comes out to lots of things – and now you can get the low-down on their business in their Member Profile.
Member Profile: Copperfin Credit Union
Copperfin is Northwestern Ontario’s largest locally owned credit union…
Member Profile: St. Andrew’s Dew Drop Inn
Executive Director Michael Quibell introduces The Dew Drop Inn, which has been feeding the hungry in Thunder Bay for over 38 years.
Member Profile: Easter Seals
For the past 97 years, Easter Seals Ontario has been providing programs and services for children and youth with physical disabilities. Easter Seals is a non-denominational registered charitable organization that helps kids with physical disabilities from all ethnic and religious backgrounds.
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