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SPORTS IN REVIEW:
Top sports stories of 2016 Page 11
High speed chase top story of 2016 This week, we look back at the Neepawa Banner and Neepawa Press’ top 10 stories of 2016. The results are based on the online page views. Go to www.myWestman.ca to find links to the complete stories. Banner Staff The Neepawa Banner
Since entering the Japanese market in 2010, HyLife has grown to become Canada’s number one fresh chilled pork exporter to Japan, generating $200 million worth of annual sales into that market. Once complete, the expansion will add up to 165 new jobs throughout the province, bringing the company’s total workforce up to 2,000 employees.
10. Farmery to begin brewing in Neepawa Published Feb. 26, 2016 Chris and Lawrence Warwaruk’s dream will come one step closer to reality this spring. In 2011, the brothers set out to build Canada’s first estate brewery, which they called Farmery, and at the end of April, they will take delivery 7. An inside look at of their new brewing equipthe Farmery ment. Not only is Farmery Published a microbrewery, all of the June 1, 2016 inputs used to make the On Friday, May 27, brothbeer are grown on their ers Lawrence and Eric Arden-area farm. Wawaruk took some of the The Farmery brewery will Banner and Press staff on BANNER FILE PHOTO be established in their new a tour of the Farmery hops The top story of 2016, based on page views was a high speed chase that began in Gladstone and ended at building, which was foryards and brewery. Farmthe intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 5 north in Neepawa. merly Mazergroup’s Neeery is an estate brewery, pawa location, on Highway which means they grow 5 north. “We’re excited to just bring everything back to 8. HyLife to embark upon major expansion their own ingredients for the beer they brew. Manitoba and have more control over it,” said Lawrence. Published Oct. 19, 2016 The tour started in the Arden area, where they grow Currently, Farmery has eight full time employees. A multi-million expansion plan is moving ahead for one of their key ingredients, hops. They seeded their With the opening of the brewery, Lawrence said they Neepawa’s largest business. Over the next two years, first crops in 2011 at the old U-pick strawberry fields. plan to add a full time brewer and full time brewer’s HyLife’s Neepawa processing plant will see its building The plants don’t produce any hops for the first year, helper. They also plan to hire a couple of part time staff and workforce grow as part of a $125 million companyso they got their first crop in 2012. Hops are a perento help with tasks like packaging the beer. He added wide expansion plan. Growing sales into the Asian marnial plant, so they only have to seed them once and that when they move to double batches a day in peak ket are driving the plan to modernize and expand the they will grow on the land for years to come. After periods, they expect to need additional staff. There will company’s integrated pork production system. the crops, Eric and Lawrence took the staff to the new also be staff needed once their front of house concept In order to support this growth and better meet brewery site in Neepawa, which is still undergoing has been finalized. international competitive pressure, the company is some construction. reinvesting into their integrated system. As part of the The brewery is located at the former Mazergroup 9. Maple Syrup Festival returns for fourth year plan, HyLife Foods, the Neepawa processing plant, will building on highway 5. The back shop area is what is Published April 8, 2016 see a 130,000 square feet expansion, with most of the being set up as the brewing, storage and packaging area. This year marks McCreary’s fourth annual Manitoba work focussing on the cut floor, as well as packaging The first room that you enter from the back of the Maple Syrup Festival. The festival is a full day of events and shipping areas. They will also invest in new techoffice is where the beer will be brewed. It has three spotlighting the culture, producers and terrain of the nologies and processes to improve productivity and different vessels for the different stages of brewing. region. yields, as well as increasing shelf life. This is expected From there, it goes to the second room, where it gets The festival is to be held on Saturday, Apr. 9 this year, to take about two years. stored and fermented in two larger vessels. In that with a Maple Syrup Trivia night on Friday evening for HyLife president, Claude Vielfaure said that once the same room, they have a pasteurizing machine, which those who want to get started early. expansion is complete, they are expecting to move to a is used on some of their products. They will also have Most of the events will be taking place at the McCreary full double shift and the ability to process 1.9 million a packaging machine set up to can the beer once its Community Centre and the McCreary Golf and Country hogs a year. finished. Club, with shuttles going between those sites throughout Vielfaure explained, “HyLife’s investment into growThe brothers estimated that they will hopefully be the day. The festival will officially open at 8:00 am on ing our Japanese and Chinese markets has been very able to start using the facility in about three weeks. Saturday, with registration at the Community Centre. rewarding and is sending the signal that we can do more.” Continued on page 9