VICTORIA, BC—The newest hard liquor creation from Kitling Ridge Estate
Wines and Spirits earned the company in Grimsby, ON more honours last
week, to add to the long list of awards it has collected since its
distillery start-up in 1992.
MISSISSAUGA—ConAgra Foods announced Tuesday that it has made a deal to
buy Del Monte Canada and thus add more products and another category to
its food portfolio.
TORONTO—Some of Toronto’s most critically acclaimed restaurants are
among 16 that are taking part in a contest to determine who has the
most popular signature dish.
WINNIPEG—The chef-owner of Sydney’s Fine Dining Restaurant at The Forks
has opened a new eatery that mixes nostalgia with high tech, on the main
floor of the Manitoba Hydro headquarters building on Portage Avenue.
GANDER, NL—Sons of Maxwell singer Dave Carroll brings his tale of "United Breaks Guitars" to the Hospitality of Newfoundland and Labrador
conference and trade show later this month.
COLDBROOK, NS—Just three months after opening and a lifetime of hard
work, all Shane Robilliard he has left to show for it is a pile of
charred rubble.
ST. JOHN’S—As an Olympic champion curler, Brad Gushue is used to working
in cold conditions. It’s apt then that he has invested as a franchisee
of three Menchie’s frozen yogurt outlets in the Newfoundland capital.