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BROOK JONES/FREE PRESS Paddle and Hum owner Myron Sawatzky builds lightweight solo canoes in a backyard shed he converted into his workshop. The business website address is displayed as the 49-year-old is pictured holding a paddle as he sits in a 27-pound Soupspoon shaped fiberglass canoe with a free hanging seat he built in his North Kildonan backyard workshop in Winnipeg, Man., Monday, May 5, 2025. Sawatzky also builds Freeboard shaped canoes.