Manitoba economy seen growing despite flood
Linda Nazareth of CIBC predicts 2.3 percent growth in Manitoba for the rest of this year and 2.1 percent next year. The Roblin Review reports Manitoba retail sales up 7.7 percent in early 1997, with manufacturing shipments rising 7.1 percent and farm cash receipts up 3.8 percent in Q1. Nazareth says steady growth is easy to envisage for at least two years as fundamentals remain in place.