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The Official Business Magazine of the Regina & District Chamber of Commerce
In This Issue
Filipino Community of
Regina
Stadium update
Our Chamber
CEO Update
June 2015
Volume 17
Issue 6
SERVING MEMBERS SINCE 1886
Filipino Canadian Pete Escanlar's painting
“REMEMBRANCE DAY” depicts the ceremony at Victoria
Park in Downtown Regina when residents gather every
November 11th to remember and pay respect to all the
veterans, soldiers and peacekeepers who left behind
their families and sacrificed their lives in performance of
their duties.
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June 2015 Volume 17, Issue 6
ChamberLink, the official business magazine
of the Regina & District Chamber of Commerce, is published ten
times a year. ChamberLink is distributed to all chamber members,
their representatives and approximately 1,300 non-member businesses. Total circulation is 4,000 copies.
2015 Board of Directors
Nadia Williamson, Chair
Bob Kasian, Vice-Chair
Michelle Hunter
Marc Kelly
Randy Lear
Content
3 CHAIR'S MESSAGE
4 Filipino Community of Regina
Profile of a Growing Population
6 Stadium Update
8 Our Chamber
CEO's Message
10 Discover us!
Access Communications
Ahmed Malik
12 from the dean
A Memorable Spring For Levene GSB
Brian Munson
15 NEW MEMBERS
Larry Mything
18 EVENTS CALENDAR
Lorne Pavelick
Darcy Scott
* Views expressed in ChamberLink are those of
contributors and
individual members and are not necessarily endorsed by, or policy
of, the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce.
Valerie Watson
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John Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer
Lisa Deans, CPA, CMA, Chief Financial Officer
Jeanette Tonita, Events Manager
Aimee Sudom, BComm, BA, Communications Officer
Celebrating June as National Aboriginal
History Month and June 21st as National
Aboriginal Day!
Amanda Baker, BFA, Member Relations Manager
Kali Bourhis, Project Coordinator
Brianne Paul, Member Relations Coordinator
Madelaine Fouillard, Executive Assistant
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Chair's Message
Our next Discover Us! Networking
event focuses on the Philippine Regina
business community. Many people are
familiar with the Philippine Mosaic Pavilion, with its delicious foods, colourful fares and dancing. We have linked
up with the Filipino community so our
members can connect with the leaders
in this community.
Nadia Williamson, 2015 Chair
Regina & District Chamber of Commerce
O
ur events program is an excellent introduction to what
is happening in the business community. With speakers who are making
an impact at the local, provincial, national and international level, we try
to bring to you the best presenters all
year round.
We have one last major event, Networking on the Green, our annual
golf tournament, as well as a Discover Us! Networking event, before the
summer months hit. But make sure to
keep checking reginachamber.com, as
there are always exciting last minute
additions to our calendar.
This fall, we look forward to organizing
two major events: the All Nations Jobs
Expo, an employment fair, and B2B
Expo, a goods and services tradeshow
focusing on business to business networking. Both are great opportunities to
raise your profile in the community, find
employees or to show off what you do
best and find new customers!
Also coming this fall is a collaboration
between Access Communications and
the Regina Chamber called Discover Us!
This television show takes our Chamber out of the boardroom and into the
business community to discover what is
happening “behind the scenes” of many
fantastic businesses. It is a great way to
find out more about your favorite businesses or learn about ones you were not
aware of !
School of the Year after competing at
the Saskatchewan Business Teachers’
Association Case Competition, held this
year at the University of Regina. This
is their 4th year in a row as the winners
of this competition. I would like to congratulate all of the students involved as
well as commend their excellent teachers Jordan McFarlen, Carissa Holinaty
and all other mentors who have done
such an amazing job to help them blossom into confident and capable people.
"Too often we underestimate the power
of a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the
potential to turn a life around." -- Leo
Buscaglia
June is a very special time for our Aboriginal community with June National
Aboriginal History month and June
21 National Aboriginal Day. There are
many celebrations taking place during
this time and I encourage everyone to
experience and appreciate the wonderful pageantries and traditions of all Aboriginal peoples.
Thank you for your support.
Yours Truly,
I would like to mention that Campbell
Collegiate, my high school alma mater, is the 2015 Saskatchewan Business
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Discover Regina
Filipino Saskatchewan Population Growing
by Aimee Sudom, Communications Officer, R&DCC
F
or many Regina residents, their
first exposure to the Filipino
culture came via Mosaic: a Festival of Cultures.
According to the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) by Statistics Canada,
Filipino immigration to Saskatchewan
does not match the national immigration
trend, which show top national numbers
Celebrating its 47th year in 2015, Mo- from India (8.1%), China (8.1%) and the
saic, an initiative of the Regina Mul- United Kingdom (7.9%).
ticultural Council, has played a large
role in opening up numerous cultures' Saskatchewan’s top three migrant countreasures for the enjoyment of thou- tries were the Philippines (18.6%), Unitsands of visitors.
ed Kingdom (10.7%) and the United
States (7.3%).
The Filipino pavilion, with its lively
dance performances and overflowing Filipinos are also the largest populaplates of Pancit (noodles) and Shang- tion of visible minorities in the provhai Lumpia (eggrolls), has been a ince, with 16,030 individuals identifying
mainstay of Mosaic in its corner at the themselves as such in the 2011 NHS.
Queensbury Convention Centre.
A 2011 report by the Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy stated that, “The
Philippines has remained the top source country for immigrants to Saskatchewan from 2009
to 2011. In 2011, 3,562 total immigrants
from the Philippines came to Saskatchewan,
representing 40 per cent of all immigrants to
the province. A large proportion of Filipino
immigrants (87 per cent) were nominated for
Permanent Residence by the SINP.”
Manila, the capital of the Philippines,
is a world away from Regina, with over
11,500 km separating the two cities.
In the early 70s, martial law was declared
in the Philippines by Ferdinand Marcos,
and Pete’s brother, already living in Canada, was worried about the consequences of Pete living under an unstable government dictated by military rule.
The Philippines is an archipelago of
over 7,000 islands with a natural terrain of tropical rainforests and volcanic activity (due to its positioning on
the Pacific “Ring of Fire”). It is also a
country whose history converges with
a number of other countries, including Spain and the United States. This
has had a major cultural and social
impact, with many Filipinos having a
strong understanding of the English
language. Famous people with a Filipino heritage include boxer Manny Pacquiao, Enrique Iglasias, Nicole Scherzinger and designer Monique Lhuillier.
The U.S. Government includes the following as some of the top industries in
the Philippines: electronics assembly,
garments, footwear, wood products,
food processing, petroleum refining,
and fishing. One notable progressive
industry is their growing geothermal
energy sector. The International Geothermal Association lists the Philippines is the world’s second largest producers of geothermal electricity, with
this earth’s core driven energy providing approximately 12% of the Philippine’s total electricity.
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Pete Escanlar, the president of the Philippine Association of Saskatchewan
(PAS), has seen this tread develop over
his 40 years in Canada.
For Pete, his desire to move to Canada
came because of a myriad of reasons.
Pete received a degree in Architecture
from the University of Santo Tomas
(Manila), the oldest university in Asia
(established in 1611). He left for Canada
a couple of months after his graduation.
Pete Escanlar
“I arrived in Regina in 1975 mainly because my brother was living here. I then
moved to Calgary in 1976 because there
was such a high demand for architecture in Calgary. So I lived there for eight
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Mr. Escanlar currently works as a Graduate Architect with Stantec Architecture
and is also a visual artist with works in
the MacKenzie Art Gallery Gift Shop
and a mural design in the lobby of All
Saints School in Swift Current. His
works of art often reflect his personal
experiences including familiar scenes
from around Regina as well as memories
of the Philippines.
He has been the president of PAS for
two years, with the association having
formed in 1968. “At that time, there
were only about 100 Filipinos in the
entire province (of Saskatchewan),” he
said, “and most of the immigrants at
the time were doctors, nurses, dentists
and teachers. That was mainly because
those were the professions and skills
that were needed at the time.”
The association (originally called the
Filipino Circle) was born because these
original citizens were far apart from
each other in the province and wished
to socialize with each other. The largest gathering of the association was the
annual Christmas Party, a tradition that
continues to this day.
Pete explained that the main objective
of the Association is to, “Preserve,
promote and share the Filipino culture
and we do that through cultural activities such as Mosaic. We aim to promote
harmonious social and multicultural relationships among Canadians and other
ethnic groups through mutual appreciation of each other’s culture.”
Pete has seen the population of new
Filipino-Canadians grow over the last
number of years.
“A few years ago, Saskatchewan recruited several hundred nurses from
the Philippines because of a shortage.
Then about six or seven years ago, there
was demand for workers to fill in the
needs of the restaurant industries. The
provincial government had a family reunification program that made it easier
for family members to come to Canada.
So once the workers immigrated here
and became permanent residents, they
“SINGKIL” by Pete Escanlar. Singkil is a dance from the Southern Philippines based on the Maranao
interpretation of the ancient Indian epic, the Ramayana: the Darangen. According to Maranao legend,
the Singkil derives its name from the feat of a certain Princess Gandingan. While she was walking in the
forest, diwatas (fairies) caused the earth to quake and shake the trees and rocks; Princess Gandingan,
however, skipped nimbly from one place to another so that her feet did not touch the fallen trees and
rocks. In Singkil, a solo female performer dances in and out of crisscrossed bamboo poles, keeping time
to the syncopation of the poles, at the same time manipulating two fans (apir). The dance has no music
other than the beating of the poles and had a moderate and static rhythm.
sponsored family members and this contributed (to their immigration),” he said.
There is little to no language barrier for
many Filipinos. Most classes in the Philippines are taught in English and Pete ascertains that most, if not all, higher level
education classes are taught in English.
One effect of this immigration has been
new businesses opening up which focus on the Filipino community, offering
goods and services they could find back
in the PI, including Filipino restaurants
and food stuffs.
“I was at one of the Filipino stores recently, Kuya Wayne’s Sari Sari Store, and
they had expanded their store to double
their space. That was within one year
(of opening),” Pete said. “They are now
looking to expand to Saskatoon.”
He also mentioned there are two Filipino
restaurant businesses that have opened
up recently in Regina, Fiesta Filipino and
Pinoy Heat, both of which serve traditional Filipino food.
While many of these new immigrants
have relatives or friends that help them
through the processes of adjusting to a
new country, the Association will also
help if a new immigrant needs assistance
with the necessities of life in Canada.
When asked what a visitor should check
out if they took a vacation to the Philippines, Pete said that most visitors will
probably want to spend a lot of time on
the beach of Boracay, an island famous
for its glorious white sand beaches. He
also recommends checking out the many
festivals that happen throughout the
country. Being a visual artist, naturally he
also recommends visiting the country’s
many art galleries and museums, including the National Museum and the Pinto
Gallery and Museum.
From a tropical rainforest covered land
of lushly landscaped islands to the wind
strewn living sky prairies, Filipino Saskatchewanians have journeyed from faraway to become part of Saskatchewan’s
mosaic quilt of cultures.
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Panoramic view from the east upper concourse at the new Mosaic Stadium, Regina Saskatchewan May 21, 2015.
Photo credit: Aimee Sudom
Stadium Update
T
he City of Regina and PCL Construction Ltd. provided media an opportunity to view construction progress of the Regina Revitalization Initiative Stadium Project
on May 21, 2015. The opportunity included a chance to
view the site from the upper concourse on the east side of
the 33,000 seat multi-purpose community facility.
With approximately 41% of the project completed, the stadium is on schedule to be at the 50% mark by the middle of
summer 2015.
Mayor Michael Fougere had these comments about the
progress, “Council and I are incredibly pleased with how
the work on the stadium has progressed,” said Mayor Michael Fougere. “The structure has gotten to the point where
your imagination can now take over. Looking down from
the upper concourse, you can picture how huge and how
wild the stadium will be when events are being held.”
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“PCL and their partners have shown incredible leadership
and acumen by finishing more than 40% of the build while
remaining on-time and on-budget, all while continuing to
finalize the design in concert with our administration,” said
Mayor Fougere.
The Stadium Project currently has four tower cranes onsite
and has used 21,500 m³ of concrete and 2,700 tonnes of
reinforced steel.
There are about 270 workers onsite currently and by August, there will be around 350 workers onsite daily.
"It is incredibly exciting to see this project, that has been
discussed for years, come to fruition. All of the partners of
the project should be very pleased to see its progress and to
see this dream become a reality," said John Hopkins, CEO,
Regina & District Chamber of Commerce.
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Our Chamber
CEO Report
by John Hopkins
CEO, Regina & District
Chamber of Commerce
R
ecently the Conference Board of
Canada indicated that Regina’s
economy would perform somewhat worse
than over the past decade. In large part
the Conference Board is basing this on
lower commodity prices with oil being
one of the primary drivers. While there is
no question that the price of oil is having
an impact in Saskatchewan it is not having
the kind of catastrophic impact that other
oil producing nations are experiencing
like Russia, Venezuela, Libya, Iran and Nigeria to name but a few that need $100 oil
to make ends meet. Even Alberta with its
newly elected NDP Government will have
its hands full trying to make ends meet
while it attempts to deal with a shortfall in
the range of $6 – $7 billion. The Saskatchewan Government on the other hand continues to invest and continues to diversify
our economy as our province continues
to take on more of an economic/fiscally
responsible leadership role in the country.
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Over the past few months many of
you have responded to a series of our
surveys. First and foremost we consistently ask you to provide us with what
issues are top of mind for you as business people prior to each Board Meeting. For many years the top response
has been the labour shortage however
in our most recent survey the labour
shortage came in third place behind
concern about the global economy and
the negative impact of low oil prices and
concern about the state of transportation infrastructure. While the Regina
Chamber can do virtually nothing in
relation to world oil prices we can, have
and will continue to do work on the labour shortage file and will continue to
urge Regina City Council, the Province
of Saskatchewan and the Government
of Canada to put more investment into
transportation infrastructure.
In a separate survey on the labour shortage we asked how critical the shortages
are. Only 4% of those who responded
indicated that the shortages are critical
with 9% indicating a moderate shortage, 34% a minor shortage and 52% expressing that they are not experiencing
a shortage. When asked how respondents fill job vacancies the number one
response given is posting on saskjobs.
ca or a similar online medium followed
by word of mouth. When asked if a
mission outside the province were to
be coordinated what location should be
the primary focus the message has been
very clear: focus on national locations
like Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg
and then international locations like the
Philippines and Ireland.
In yet another survey we asked members to provide perspectives on entrepreneurship. According to the results,
the number one barrier impacting business
is the supply of labour chosen by 44% of
those who responded who had been in business between 1 and 3 years followed by taxes
and government regulations at 33%. When
looking at the responses from all businesses,
35% indicated that the labour shortage is a
barrier followed by only 17% who view taxes and regulations as a barrier. When asked
what opportunities could be explored that
would be beneficial, 42% of all respondents
indicated that seminars related to e–marketing and social media marketing would
be beneficial followed by 28% who would
like to see succession planning workshops.
When breaking out the results to those who
had been in business between 1 and 3 years
56% wanted to see succession planning seminars followed by 44% who would like to see
access to capital seminars. Over the course
of the coming months we will work with
our partners to develop an entrepreneurship
strategy for the future.
In closing I would like to express my heart
felt gratitude to Armand Martin who is the
Executive Director of the Regina Trades and
Skills Centre. Mr. Martin will be retiring at
the end of June and on behalf of the Board
of Directors, staff and students of Regina
Trades & Skills Centre: THANK YOU.
Yours Truly,
John Hopkins
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Discover Us! Access Program
Taking You "Behind The Scenes" In Regina's
Business Community Fall 2015 by Aimee Sudom
T
he Queen City has an incredible
business community.
The “Discover Us!” program, an initiative
of Access Communications and the Regina
Chamber, is a television show that takes you
on a road trip through the business community, highlighting the best and the brightest
in Regina business.
One Regina tradition, cruising around
town in your favorite classic car, by bicycle, or motorcycle, is a great way to
check out established and new businesses in Regina.
During late 2014 and early 2015, we took the
“show on the road” to discover businesses
From the Warehouse District to Regina and organizations that power us with great
Downtown, there are many treasures food, excellent products and so many other
waiting to be discovered within the city. services that we couldn't do without.
As the oldest business association in the
city, the Regina Chamber is constantly
evolving to reflect the needs of its membership. From its beginnings in 1886 until today, the Regina Chamber serves to
connect and unite its business members
and promote a mandate of “fostering an
environment in which our community
prospers.”
Businesses such as Prairie Harley Davidson
and P3A Architecture opened their doors, allowing cameras to take an insider's peek at
what is new and unique at their business.
This behind-the-scenes look allows the viewer to experience what it is like to run a business in Regina and some unique challenges
and opportunities.
One profiled business owner, Mark
Heise, Vice President & Brewmaster of Rebellion Brewing Co. in the
Warehouse District, spoke about the
process of opening a new business
and some of the challenges of starting a brewery. Having elements that
tied them to the Warehouse District’s
brick and mortar look was one such
project.
“We are not in a Warehouse building…we took over what was a strip
mall and tried to make it beautiful
and give it a makeover and, in some
ways, match the look and feel of the
Warehouse. That is why we have brick
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We also visited non-profit organizations such as the Saskatchewan Science Centre and Wascana Centre Authority to discover more about how
they operate.
Access Communication’s Manager of
Community Programing, Wade Peterson believes this is a great way to
discover our businesses and show the
diversity not only in our economy, but
also in our community.
“Access7 is proud to profile the Regina businesses that fuel the richly diverse culture and dynamic economy in
our community," Wade said.
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According to Regina Chamber of
Commerce CEO John Hopkins, “It
is very exciting to engage with our
members in partnership with Access
Communications as well as having the
opportunity to open up the business
community to the greater public. I
would encourage everyone to get to
know their local businesses and meet
the people behind them.”
Check your Access7 Fall schedule to
discover more about the Regina business community on Discover Us!
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From The Dean
A Memorable Spring For Levene GSB
S
pring 2015 is a special milestone
for the University of Regina. It’s
ten years since Ken Levene gave his
transformational gift to the Faculty of
Business Administration’s Graduate
School.
In April 2005, Kenneth Levene donated
$4 million to the Graduate School of
Business, resulting in the naming of the
school as the Kenneth Levene Graduate
School of Business. At the time, it was
the largest donation from an individual
ever given to the University. The impact
of Ken’s gift has been immense and
has changed the face of graduate business education in Saskatchewan. It has
provided the necessary resources to advance the programs, improve the physical spaces, and elevate the profile of the
school.
In 2005, the Faculty offered three graduate management programs and was
primarily a local option in graduate
business education. Today, the Levene
School offers a suite of programs including master’s certificates, a post-graduate
diploma, Master of Administration in
Leadership, Master of Human Resource
Management, the Executive MBA, and
the Levene MBA with specializations
in international business, and engineering management. This spring we introduce two new programs to our offerings
through Levene GSB: The Directors
Education Program, which is co-delivered with Edwards Business School, and
in the fall, the Levene School will extend
its suite of MBA specializations to include the MBA in Public Safety.
The Directors Education Program
(DEP) was developed by the Institute of
Corporate Directors and Rotman School
of Management and provides an experiential learning environment for direcChamberLink 12
Mr. Kenneth Levene and Dean Andrew Gaudes.
Credit: U of R Photography Department
tors. It’s offered across Canada in leading
business schools and is designed for executives with board experience who want
to improve their skills and be more effective in the boardroom. Saskatchewan is
the newest province to offer the Directors Education Program. The University
of Regina’s Levene Graduate School of
Business is embarking upon a new relationship with the Edwards School at the
University of Saskatchewan, the Rotman
School at the University of Toronto, and
the Institute of Corporate Directors
(ICD) to deliver Canada’s leading program for directors.
The Levene MBA Public Safety Management was designed with input from leaders from the RCMP, the Regina Police
Services, the Chiefs of Police of Canada,
and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Justice. This unique program combines the
fundamentals of business management
with a focus on leading-edge theory and
practice in strategically leading organizations with operations mandated to maintain public safety. In addition to foundation courses such as Finance and Human
Resource Management, students develop a deep understanding of leadership
through courses such as Strategy and
Organizational Change combined with
specialization courses such as Inter professional Collaboration for Public Safety,
Public Safety and Community Policing,
and Economics of Public Safety.
Today we are recognized nationally, and
internationally for our programs. We are
very optimistic that the next ten years will
continue our growth in relevant graduate programs, and we are look forward to
responding to the needs of our business
community. Kenneth Levene’s vision and
generous gift, underscores how the generosity of one person can make a world
of difference for many.
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WE FUEL
WESTERN
CANADA
Eighty years ago a group of farmers made
history—they built the Co-op Refinery
Complex to fuel their farms.
Over the years, the refinery has seen
a number of changes and expansions,
and it’s grown to be the fourth
largest in Canada.
Today, the 1,020 men and women at
the Co-op Refinery Complex still
fuel farms. We also fuel people.
WE FUEL DREAMS.
WE FUEL WESTERN CANADA.
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FINE AND REFINED:
CO-OP REFINERY
COMPLEX
CELEBRATES
80 YEARS
OF SUCCESS
T
here has been a lot of talk in
recent years about the “New
Saskatchewan”, but we shouldn’t
forget that Saskatchewan people
have always shown a spirit of bold
determination and perseverance
that has allowed our province
to be a world-beater in good times
and bad. There is likely no better
example of this than the CO-OP
REFINERY COMPLEX.
The Refinery celebrated its 80th
anniversary in May yet many Regina
people know little about this unsung
hero of the local economy. Back in
the 1930s, a group of farmers got
tired of paying high prices to the big
oil companies and decided there
had to be a better way. Eight farmers
risked their own money and land
to establish their own petroleum
refinery to supply what was then
a very small chain of Saskatchewan
farmer gas stations.
“Can you imagine? In the midst of the worst
economic catastrophe in modern history,
in the face of a devastating drought, with
many farmers turning their cars into Bennett
Buggies, and in a watershed moment
a group of progressive farmers decided
to build a refinery. That’s an incredible
story of vision,” says Gil Le Dressay,
Vice-President – Refinery Operations.
That facility went from 500 barrels a day
in 1935 – barely enough to supply a few
gas stations – to today, a major regional
supplier producing 130,000 barrels a day.
If these were actual steel drum barrels,
they would stretch from Regina to Moose
Jaw – every day.
But the story of the Refinery is not
just a business story. It is also a story
of commitment and investment
in the community.
“As a cooperative, the way we do things
is a little different from other businesses.
I like to think that we have a team spirit
and community spirit that gives us an edge.
After all, our employees are also members
and owners so we have a strong sense
of being accountable to each other and
to the community in general,” says Brad
DeLorey, the Refinery’s Director
of Communications and Public Affairs.
As an example of that company spirit,
DeLorey notes that the Refinery not only
has a low rate of employee turnover but
also has numerous examples of multigenerational employees – workers whose
fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts and even
grandparents worked for the Refinery.
The Refinery’s commitment to the
community also includes a commitment
to environmental excellence.
“There are many environmental challenges
that come with running a facility like this but
our goals are to meet or exceed all regulated
standards and to never rest on our laurels.
Our employees and members live and work
in this city so it’s in our interests to constantly
go the extra mile for environmental
protection,” said Kendi Young, the
Refinery’s Environmental Affairs Supervisor.
Young pointed to the Refinery’s $200 million
wastewater treatment facility as an example.
“To put it in perspective, that’s about
two-thirds the annual budget of the
Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways. We’ve
just spent that on one portion of our overall
environmental protection plan,” said Young.
“This is just one of many reasons why
Refinery employees feel justifiably proud
of their contributions to Regina and
Western Canada,” Le Dressay says.
“We’re celebrating our past – and there’s
a lot to celebrate – but we’re looking to
the future. We’ve put a lot of money into
infrastructure – into the pipe and steel of our
plant expansions. We’ve put a lot of money
into our environmental safeguards. Now,
we’re going to be making major investments
in our people – giving them better training
and better resources so that the Refinery
can become safer, more efficient and more
productive than ever. There is a lot
of excitement around here as we embark
on this new phase,” said Le Dressay.
New Members
Events Calendar
APEC Dry Ice
Blasting Ltd
Luncheon Series - Paul Davidson, Pres. Universities Canada
Smart Skills for a Smarter Canada
Continued from pg 15
Mike Gill
306.570.8423
APEC specializes in industrial and commercial dry ice blasting. Dry ice blasting is
an environmentally friendly, non-abrasive,
non-conductive cleaning method that contains no secondary waste or contaminants
such as hazardous solvents or grit media.
Used in the following industries: Mining,
Oil and Gas, Construction, Engineering,
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Keith Rainville
306.522.6833 ext 224
At Konica Minolta, we have a vision. It is
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leader, utilizing innovative technology, quality services and unique solutions. While doing so, we aim to add value to the global
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environment for our future generations.
Saskatchewan
Apprenticeship &
Trade Certification
Commission
Jeff Ritter, CEO
saskapprenticeship.ca
The Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and
Trade Certification Commission (SATCC)
develops and manages a relevant, accessible
and responsible apprenticeship training
and certification system in Saskatchewan to
meet the needs of apprentices, employers,
journeypersons and tradespersons. Apprenticeship - it makes good business sense.
WHEN: June 11, 11:30 am registration
WHERE: TBA
Registration:
Pre-registered Member: $50, Pre-registered Non-Member: $100
(Prices include GST)
Luncheon Sponsor:
Networking on the Green - Annual Golf Tournament
WHEN: June 15, 11:30 am registration, 1:00 pm shotgun start
WHERE: Royal Regina Golf Course
Golf & Dinner Package (18 holes includes cart)
Individual Price:
$225 Member / $450 Non-Member
Team of 4 Price:
$800 Member / $1600 Non-member
(Add GST to all prices)
Presenting Sponsor:
Discover Us! Philippine Business Community of Regina
WHEN: June 18, 5:00-7:00 am registration
WHERE: Regina Trades & Skills Centre, 1275 Albert St.
Registration:
Regina Chamber Members: $10, Non-Members: $20
Philippine Community: $10 (Prices Includes GST)
Presenting Sponsor:
For more information on these events, please
visit reginachamber.com or call: 306-757-4658
Proudly supported by:
For more information, call Brenda at (306) 757-7452 ext: 236 or
email brenda@ssilc.ca
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