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Corey Wainman is a 36-year-old father of two and owns his own business. After a long day at work Wainman explained that hitting the ice is a chance to clear his head and feel rejuvenated. “I forget about everything for that one hour that I play,” said Wainman. “I don't live a stressful life, but I run my own business and it takes a lot of your time and a lot of your thought.”

But Wainman was MVP in 2010, which meant that not only was hockey an escape he was also very good at it. So I ask him to tell me what drives him to be a physically competitive athlete: “This tournament has been going on for years. You want to show everybody what you got. In order to be a winner you got to give it your all and if you don't give it your all you're not going to get anywhere in life. Whether its hockey or whatever.”

It is this same winning attitude that Wainman brings to the rest of his life. Wainman is a Civil Engineering Technologist and owns Coreman Technical Services, providing civil surveying and engineering services within the Mackenzie Delta Beaufort region since 2004.

But to get to where Wainman is today took hard work and persistence. When Wainman was in grade 10 and 11 many of his friends were dropping out of high school and he too was ready to drop out of school and get a job. He was lucky to have people in his life that pushed him to not give up so easily. Some of the most important advice he’s received in his life was to be persistent and do not to give up easily. “Cuz nothing comes easy to you,” said Wainman. “If you’re looking for handouts, you’re going to be looking a long time. If you want something you gotta go get it.”

Not only did Wainman finish high school but he also pursued post secondary education and graduated with a diploma from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton in 1999.

Wainman has been married for 5 years to his longtime sweetheart. I took the opportunity to ask this young father and businessman for some good relationship advice. With his nice natured laugh he said “You gonna win some and you gonna lose some. It’s honestly a give and take. Its like anything else, you’ll only get out of it what you put into it. And communication is a big thing. You have to have open lines of communication.”

When I asked him why he’s proud to be Inuvialuit he replied, “Even though we live in a small town and there’s not many of us and we all know who each other are. Sometimes we don’t get along with each other but when we need to we can look beyond our personal differences and help each other out. I think that’s one of the reasons why I love living here so much.”