May 2016 Prince Albert & District Chamber of Commerce

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May 2016

The 26th Annual Samuel McLeod Business Awards

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Congratulations to all the recipients of the 26th Annual Samuel McLeod Business Awards! The awards gala was held April 21 with a sold-out crowd of more than 300 people in attendance. Congratulations to all the nominees and business awards finalists as well! As we see every year at these awards, the local economy is strong and we can thank both our small businesses and larger corporations for their hard work and dedication to business excellence.

Photos from the 26th Annual Samuel McLeod Business Awards can be found beginning on Page 4. More event photos can also be found on our website. A special thank you to our awards sponsors, whose continued support is very much appreciated.

The Chamber was proud to partner with WorkSafe Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board to host a signing of the safety charter on May 4. This event brought together more than 20 local businesses to sign the safety charter and show their commitment to safety in the workplace. It’s important to stay vigilant about safety in the workplace and we were happy to see so many of our Chamber members show their support for this initiative.

On May 5, the Chamber partnered with the City of Prince Albert to host an economic development forum looking at ideas to drive the local economy. This was a well-attended event that brought a variety of ideas to the table to help keep our local economy strong and growing.

The Chamber was disappointed with a recent decision to bring in a new Destination Marketing Levy on hotels in the city. This levy was passed unanimously by the Prince Albert City Council at a meeting April 25 and adds an additional tax on the city’s 10 hotels. The Chamber feels the Destination Marketing Levy puts an unfair burden on local hotels, especially since businesses in Prince Albert are already dealing with the highest commercial tax gap of all cities in Saskatchewan. To read more about the Chamber’s take on the Destination Marketing Levy, visit our website.

As always, details about all Chamber events, and those of our Chamber members, can be found on our website at www.princealbertchamber.com. We have a number of events still to come, including a luncheon with Paper Excellence regarding an update on the mill, a mining week luncheon and our golf tournament June 24. In November, we are excited to present CFL football star Mike ‘Pinball’ Clemons as our guest speaker for our Chairman’s Night event. More details about that event are still to come ...

BBOARDOARD OFOF DDIRECTORSIRECTORS Board Chair Greg Breeze Affinity Insurance Past Chair Shelley Cannon Novus Law Group First Vice Chair & Secretary/ Treasurer Gordon Jahn, MNP Second Vice Chair Garrett Lawless, Transwest Air Board Appointed Robert Bratvold Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division

Elected Board Members

Ian Litzenberger,

Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy

Meghan Mayer,

Salon Six

Tracy Feher

Feher Financial Inc.

Jason Hurd

aodbt architechture + design

Arnold Boldt

Saskatchewan Polytechnic

Kevin Proctor

Scotiabank

Dean McKim

Prince Albert Co-op

Gerald Gareau

Conseil de la Coopération de la Saskatchewan

A Message from the

CEO, Larry Fladager

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Thank you to our Sponsors

Title Sponsor

Safety Partner

Event Sponsors

Wine Sponsor

Category Sponsors

Legacy Award Legacy Brunch

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Business of the Year

The 26th Annual Samuel McLeod Business Awards gala was held April 21, 2016. With a sold-out crowd of more

than 300 people, the Samuel McLeod Business Awards celebrated excellence in local business. Awards were

handed out in 11 business categories, including Business of the Year. Congratulations to all award nominees,

finalists and award recipients!

A special thanks to our event sponsors, whose continued support makes this annual event possible. We

appreciate your commitment to business excellence in Prince Albert! Please read on for photos from the

event.

Scott Newsom, left, from Lakeland Ford

accepts the 2015 Business of the Year award,

sponsored by Diamond North Credit Union.

Tyler Venne presented the award on behalf

of Diamond North Credit Union.

Female Business Leader

Richard Ahenakew from the Northern Lights

Casino presented the Female Business

Leader of the Year Award to Amy Hadley

from Amy’s on Second Restaurant.

Young Entrepreneur of the Year

The Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Award was accepted by Colin Dupuis on

behalf of Adam Hulowski with Perry’s

Automotive. Patricia Hughes presented

the award on behalf of Prince Albert &

District Community Futures.

Special thanks to faculty and students with the Media Arts

Production Certificate and Diploma Programs at Saskatchewan

Polytechnic for their hard work in developing the awards show

multimedia production and capturing the evening in photos.

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Male Business Leader

Richard Ahenakew, general manager with

the Northern Lights Casino received the

Male Business Leader of the Year award.

Marcia Lemon, Vice President Commercial

Banking with BMO presented the award.

Community Involvement

Mark Johnson, Operations Manager with

SaskTel presented the 2015 Community

Involvement Award to Kevin Proctor, who

accepted on behalf of Scotiabank.

Marketing Award

Jordan Weatherbee, Operations Manager

(Service) with DirectWest presented the

Marketing Award to Brent Smith from

Conexus Credit Union.

Business Transformation

Wayne Hansen, left, accepted

the 2015 Business

Transformation Award on

behalf of Prince Albert Alarm

Systems. The award was

presented by Shawn

MacDonald, Business

Development Officer,

Ministry of the Economy

Non-Profit Organization

Grant Gustafson, left, and Robin Knudsen accepted

the 2015 Non-Profit Award on behalf of S.H.A.R.E.

Presenting the award is Joe Rybinski, District 10

Council Delegate, Affinity Credit Union.

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Service Award

Ralph Boychuk, left, Senior Account

Manager at RBC, presented the 2015

Service Award to Dean McKim with

the Prince Albert Co-op.

New Venture Award

The New Venture Award was presented to

Uniglass Plus Ziebart Prince Albert. Accepting

the award are owners Mike Kerkowich and

Shelley Gordon. Daryl Cousin, Area Manager,

presented the New Venture Award on behalf

of Conexus Credit Union.

Tourism Award

Chris Sadler, left, Krystal Kowalski, presented

the 2015 Tourism Award on behalf of TD

Canada Trust, to Ian Litzenberger with the

Aallcann Developmental Fastball Organization

(ADFO).

Legacy Award

From left, Richard Ahenakew, Sherry Arsenault, Frank

Dunn and Angela Isbister-Bear. Mr. Dunn, the 2015

Legacy Award Recipient, was gifted with a Star Blanket

on behalf of the Northern Lights Casino.

For more photos from the 26th Annual Samuel McLeod

Business Awards, please visit

www.samuelmcleodbusinessawards.com

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Proudly supported by the

Prince Albert & District

Chamber of Commerce

Community Cleanup June 25, 2016

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Congratulations to the Prince Albert businesses that added their names to the

Saskatchewan Safety Charter!

Affinity Credit Union Novus Law Group

Affinity Insurance P.A. Autobody

Asiil Enterprises Ltd. P.A. Heat Cool Refrigeration

B-Con Industries Paintball Paradise Prince Albert

Ben’s Auto & House Glass Prince Albert Community Service Centre

Butterwick Brothers Concrete RNF Ventures Ltd.

Carleton Contracting Ruszkowski Enterprises

Flyer Electric Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division

GL Mobile Communications Thorpe Roofing Ltd.

Grand Trunk Developments Western First Nations Hospitality

KPS Medic

Mr. Plumber

Chamber Partners with WorkSafe Saskatchewan

to Host Safety Charter Signing

Thank you to our event sponsors!

The Prince Albert & District Chamber of Commerce partnered

with WorkSafe Saskatchewan to host a mini Safety Charter

Signing event Wednesday, May 4. More than 20 local

businesses signed the Saskatchewan Safety Charter at the

event, making the commitment to safety in the workplace. The

luncheon also featured a keynote address by Brendon LaBatte

of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

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For more photos from this event, please click here.

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Chamber Partners with City to Host Economic Development Forum

The Prince Albert & District Chamber of Commrece partnered with the City of Prince Albert to host an

economic development forum Thursday, May 5. The forum featured speakers from a variety of business

organizations including the Clarence Campeau Development Fund, Prince Albert & District Community

Futures, Square One, SuccessionMatching.com and TownFolio. The forum was an opportunity for business

leaders to hear about new opportunities and economic developments in the Prince Albert region.

Kevin Proctor with Scotiabank in Prince Albert

and a director with the Prince Albert & District

Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

provided closing remarks at the forum.

DonnaLyn Thorsteinson, Senior

Director presented on behalf of

Square One.

George Vass, general manager

Prince Albert & District

Community Futures.

Mayor Greg Dionne signed an agreement with Warren

Sheydwasser, president of SuccessionMatching Ltd. Mr.

Sheydwasser also presented information about

succession planning for business and transition.

Representatives with the Clarence Campeau Development Fund discussed

opportunities for Metis business leaders.

Click here for more photos from the

Economic Development Forum

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Congratulations to the Victoria Hospital Foundation on the success of the first-ever Doctor’s Gala. The event April 9 raised $42,000 for specialist surgical procedures in the ear, nose and throat department. The Prince Albert & District Association of Realtors reported strong numbers for the first quarter of 2016. Read more here. Kudos to our members at West Wind Aviation and Harold’s Family Foods for their work in coordinating donations for those affected by wildfire around Fort McMurray. Read more about it here. Our members at Lakeland Ford in Prince Albert have also been collecting donations for those affected by the fires in Alberta. Lakeland Ford is accepting donations of baby items, toiletries, clothing and non-perishable food items for evacuees. Congratulations to our partners at HVL Distribution, formerly Zep Factory Outlet. The business celebrated its 50th anniversary with a new name and celebration in April. Congratulations to CIBC in downtown Prince Albert, which celebrated 125 years in April . Kudos to Athabasca Basin Development, which donated $80,000 toward breakfast programs in four schools in the Athabasca region. Learn more here. Cheers to our members with Goodlife Fitness! Goodlife celebrated its 37th anniversary in April. Congratulations to Clayton Clark with Asiil Enterprises, who received the Outstanding Project Manager Award from the MERIT Contractors Association of Saskatchewan annual awards celebration. Congratulations also go out to Derrick Frasz with RNF Ventures, who received an award for Customer Service and Sean Hubbard with Flyer Electric of Birch Hills, who won the award for Field Employee of the year.

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Thank you! Your continued support of your local Chamber makes it possible for us to work

on your behalf, and we want you to know we value your commitment!

WWELCOMEELCOME NNEWEW MMEMBERSEMBERS

Congratulations to Renewed Members Congratulations to Renewed Members

Riverside Dodge Chrysler Jeep

Serendipity Bra Boutique

Veselka PA Ukrainian Culture & Heritage Club

Pandila & Company

Redhead Equipment

Rich Valley Contracting Ltd.

RNF Ventures

Roto-Rooter Sewer Service

Saskatchewan Rivers Constituency

South Hill Massage Therapy Clinic

Transwest Air

Affinity Insurance

Business Development Bank of Canada

Bison Cafe

Econo Timber Mart

First General Services Ltd.

J & C Stone Cutters Inc.

Gray Chemists Ltd.

National Hotel

Northern Lights Casino

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