Article: Family ties

From mom-and-pop to multinational, Winnipeg's the clan corporation capital

55Winnipeg would hold the title, if there were one, as the family-owned business capital of Canada.

You know many of them -- James Richardson & Sons, Ltd., which is run by the Richardson family, Canwest Global Communications (the Asper family), lottery ticket producer Pollard Banknote Ltd. (the Pollard family), real estate management firm Gendis Inc. (the Cohen family), the Birchwood Automotive Group (the Chipman family), McNally Robinson Booksellers (the McNally family), Dufresne Furniture (the Dufresne family) and Palliser Furniture (the DeFehr family).

Others, such as agri-food firms Parrish & ...

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