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MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS (Left) MP’s Doug Eyolfson, Ginette Lavack, Derek Friesen, president of PhiBer Manufacturing, and Minister Eleanor Olszewski, look at one of the robotic arms at the National Research Council - Advanced manufacturing research facility after the announcement. Edmonton Centre MP Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, was in Winnipeg at the National Research Council - Advanced manufacturing research facility, 2690 Red Fife Road (Centreport), to announce more than $21 million in federal funding in support of Manitoba’s manufacturing sector. 250828 - Thursday, August 28, 2025.