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40 2017 Annual Report Media Relations "City's Amazon bid well worth the effort'" EDW Notable Articles "Winnipeg places HQ bid" "Forward, March in Canada's Heartland" "Winnipeg over Disney? Calgary boys unimpressed with parents' surprise trip south" "Winnipeg's tech sector on the rise" Winnipeg Free Press business reporter Martin Cash was at YES! Winnipeg's Investor Breakfast in November, where Dayna Spiring talked about Winnipeg's bid to attract Amazon's HQ2 and its long-term positive impacts for Winnipeg's business sector. The Winnipeg Free Press reported on how EDW led a collaborative process to prepare a bid for Amazon's HQ2. The steering committee's Team Manitoba approach included the support of both Winnipeg's Mayor and Manitoba's Premier, and included a video starring Winnipeg ambassador Obby Khan. In its 2017 winter edition,, Commerce & Industry magazine explores economic development initiatives in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Dayna Spiring is quoted in the Winnipeg-specific section, which highlights several key industry sectors, among them aerospace, advancing manufacturing and ICT. Various high-profile companies (e.g., GE Aviation, IBM and HP) are referenced for their local footprint. 2017's most viral Winnipeg tourism-related story all started with an article in the Winnipeg Metro, featuring the Byers family from Calgary. The video became a nation-wide sensation, and was used by Tourism Winnipeg in a regional tourism campaign in November. In its coverage of EDW's 2016 annual general meeting, the Winnipeg Free Press reported on Team Manitoba trends in investing in the tech and innovation spheres to help drive the city's economy at a local level, growing successfully from within.