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Prohibition was repealed in B.C. in 1921. But booze remained illegal in the U.S. until 1933, which made it a very lucrative export business for enterprising Canadians.
Hence you had a story on an “international convention of bootleggers” in Winnipeg that ran in the May 15, 1922, Vancouver Sun. The “three-day session” attracted “more than 30 members of the ‘profession’ from the principal cities of Canada and the United States.”
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Details were scant the meeting was at an unnamed hotel, by unnamed bootleggers. But an “informant” spilled the beans.
Crain s Chicago Business has garnered several honors in two recent journalism awards programs.
The Chicago Headline Club on May 13 granted Crain s its coveted General Excellence award in the non-daily category. Crain s Aug. 27 Forum on Education part of the publication s ongoing monthly series exploring major public policy challenges facing the region won honors for best education reporting in the non-daily category.
Several individual staffers were also singled out for special honors in the competition. Crain s Digital Design Editor Jason McGregor won the best graphics award for his work on Chicago Transit Authority ridership coverage as well as his work on Crain s Forum; Crain s Senior Reporter John Pletz won best technology reporting; health care reporter Stephanie Goldberg won best in-depth reporting honors; real estate reporter Danny Ecker won for best in-depth reporting in a business magazine or newspaper; Crain s contributors John R. Boehm and Zac Osgood won best photography
Sophie Rodgers
Sophie Rodgers has joined the research team that serves Crain s Chicago Business and sister publications in three cities.
Rodgers comes to Crain s from investment firm William Blair, where she did research for investment bankers and analysts.
She earned her bachelor s degree in English and a master s in library and information sciences with a concentration in competitive intelligence at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In graduate school, Rodgers did research internships with John Deere, the Business Intelligence Group and State Farm Insurance.
At Crain s, Rodgers will be part of the team that researches and creates the award-winning lists that give Crain s readers exclusive insights into the city s business scene everything from our list of Chicago s largest privately held companies to the biggest foundations to the largest law firms.
Karen Freese Zane, Rob Garcia, center, and Michael Stassus
Crain s Chicago Business is pleased to announce the promotion of one veteran team member and the addition of two new ones.
Karen Freese Zane has been named associate creative director, working closely with Creative Director Thomas Linden to oversee the look and feel of Crain s city-oriented publications in Chicago, New York, Detroit and Cleveland.
Freese Zane, 41, who initially joined Crain s in 2005, previously worked at GLC custom publishing and the Daily Southtown. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri. Karen is an exceptionally talented designer whose work has received numerous national and local awards and has helped make Crain s a visual standout in print and online, says Ann Dwyer, editor of Crain s Chicago Business. She also brings to her work the instincts of a journalist, always asking questions about the material and thinking deeply and creatively about ways to serve the reader. In the process,
Pre-tax profits at Dublin building company, Dwyer Nolan Developments last year tumbled by 78pc to €2.8m.
Accounts show that Dwyer Nolan Developments Ltd recorded the €10.1m drop in pre-tax profit after revenues declined by 15pc from €29.76m to €25.32m in the 12 months to the end of May last. The directors state that the results for the year and the financial position at the year end were satisfactory. The directors said that they expect to see continued growth in future years as a result of the improved economic climate.
The directors said that the company continued to operate during the Covid-19 crisis “albeit at reduced capacity”. Edward O’Dwyer and Ann O’Dwyer state that they expect that management can meet the risk presented by Covid-19 in 2021.