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November 2016
Previous Issues
Green Pencil
Power tool
By Phil Paxton
The newly-launched Canadian Landscape Standard
Feature
Mastering cash flow
By Lee Ann Knudsen
Nathan Helder shares tips and strategies to ease tight times, and promote smooth landscape company operation
Management Solutions
Ten KPIs to ponder at year's end
By Mark Bradley
Mark Bradley outlines 10 key performance indicators to use when analyzing your landscape business.
Road To Success
Keep it simple
By Rod McDonald
Rod MacDonald explains why in sales, like so many aspects of life, "keeping it simple" is a useful mantra.
Legal Matters
Consequential loss goes to Ottawa Part II
By Robert Kennaley
Robert Kennaley examines a significant Supreme Court of Canada case regarding the "own work exclusion" and the extent to which a contractors liability insurance policy should cover what is known as consequential loss.
Industry News
Networking and education at Congress 2017
Join over 12,000 of your friends and colleagues at Landscape Ontario’s Congress trade show and conference, held January 10-12, 2017, at the Toronto Congress Centre.
Green professionals gather for Hort East
Hort East trade show and conference 2016 runs Nov. 21-23 in Halifax, N.S.
Winnipeg rejects “Uber” snow clearing system
Winnipeg city council voted down a motion Sept. 23 that would have seen the public works department utilize an “Uber-style app” for micro bids from private contractors on residential snow clearing contracts.
CN expands tree planting program
Communities in Bloom, Tree Canada and CN EcoConnxions recently announced 50 communities across Canada will be awarded grants of $25,000 to fund local tree planting projects in honour of the nation’s 150th anniversary.
Bayer to acquire Monsanto
German-based pharmaceutical and crop chemicals company Bayer has reached an agreement to purchase American seed giant Monsanto for $66 billion.
Canada Blooms celebrates Canada’s 150th
There will be a whole lot of red and white at Canada Blooms 2017, as the country’s largest flower and garden festival celebrates the nation’s 150th birthday.
Chem China nears purchase of Syngenta
An American national security panel has signed off on the $43 billion dollar purchase agreement of the Swiss-based farm chemicals and seeds company Syngenta, clearing the way for its acquisition by ChemChina.
New Products
New Products November 2016
A selection of new products on the market for landscape professionals.
CNLA News
CNLA News November 2016
News from the federation of Canada's provincial trade associations.
Manitoba Update
Manitoba Update November 2016
Landscape Trades devotes space in each issue to provincial association news. This issue features an update from Manitoba Nursery Landscape Association.
Mentor Moment
Community commitment
Bob Allen shares advice from over 40 years of experience working in the green profession.
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