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NEWS HILL STREET ISSUE 43 | FEBRUARY 2015 HARVARD’S LATEST ADDITION TO THE DOWNTOWN REGINA SKYLINE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURE PLACE CONTINUES WITH CREWS HWI HEADS TO NICARAGUA: EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: NEARING THE TOP FLOOR THE AMAZING JOURNEY OF TWO HARVARD WESTERN EMPLOYEES AS THEY VOLUNTEER IN SOUTH AMERICA TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CAREER OF HDI SENIOR FINANCIAL PLANNER KYLEAH SMANDYCH

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NEWSHILL STREETISSUE 43 | FEBRUARY 2015

HARVARD’S LATEST ADDITION TO THE DOWNTOWN REGINA SKYLINE:THE CONSTRUCTION OF AGRICULTURE PLACE CONTINUES WITH CREWS

HWI HEADS TO NICARAGUA: EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT:

NEARING THE TOP FLOOR

THE AMAZING JOURNEY OF TWO HARVARD WESTERN EMPLOYEES AS THEY VOLUNTEER IN SOUTH AMERICA

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CAREER OF HDI SENIOR FINANCIAL PLANNER KYLEAH SMANDYCH

WELCOME TO

THE HILL STREET NEWS

Message from Mo

IT’S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY ACTIVE WINTER FOR THE HILL COMPANIES, WITH PLENTY OF NEW PROJECTS AND EVENTS TAK-ING SHAPE OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. BUT SPRING IS NEARLY HERE! SO THROW OFF THAT WINTER COAT, FLIP ON YOUR SHADES AND KICK BACK WITH ALL OF THE LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND THE HILL COMPANIES WITH THE HILL STREET NEWS!

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ON THE COVER: Photo of Agriculture Place Construction Site

from the 20th floor of Hill Centre I. February 26th, 2015

IN THIS ISSUE

3Editor’s Message - Rosanne Hill Blaisdell5Cover Story - Agriculture Place Construction6

Feature: “The Company That Cares” in Nicaragua12Employee Spotlight: Kyleah Smandych16Corporate Updates 18Faces in New Places 36Ground-Breaking News 38

MESSAGE FROM MOMo Bundon

Mo Bundon

At the Hill Companies, we continue to harness the growing power and benefits of social media in our day to day business. Now more than ever, we are exploring and utilizing new ways to connect with our customers, partners, employees and even competi-tors through various social media networks. Whether it be Facebook, Twitter, Youtube or Linkedin, there is no doubt that social media is tightly ingrained into every aspect of our professional and personal lives. However, as is the case with any powerful tool, so-cial media can also be a doubled edged sword that, if used recklessly, may cause more harm than good.

There seems to be a growing number of cases lately that involve individuals who have suffered conse-quences as a result of inappropriate posts on social media. For example, In September 2014, an Elgin, Ill. police officer was fired for writing a racially charged post about the Ferguson, Mo. riots on Facebook. In De-cember 2013, a PR executive for IAC, parent company for brands such as Match.com and Vimeo, lost her job after sending a “careless” tweet about AIDS in Africa. And in November 2013, a customer service represent-ative for DTE Energy in Detroit was let go after post-ing an expletive-filled rant about her job on Facebook.

Although these cases may be extreme examples, there are countless more cases of smaller lapses in judge-ment that occur nearly every day –to even the most experienced social media users. The ultimate lesson to be learned here is that social media is like Vegas, and what is posted online often stays online; leaving a mo-mentary lapse in judgement open to be seen by poten-tially millions of people including potential customers, partners, and even colleagues. Each time we log onto these networking sites, we must be cognisant of what we are about to say and who might end up seeing it.

SOCIAL MEDIA “SMART”: HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL NETWORKING

Senior VP and COO Harvard Developments Inc.

At the end of the day, we at the Hill Companies real-ize the importance of social media in today’s world and want to encourage our employees to actively participate in these types of networks, albeit in a safe, and responsible manner. As a rule of thumb, try and imagine your social voice as an extension of your resume and that each post you send out will be going to all of your colleagues and managers. If something seems unacceptable to post, perhaps think twice and bring it up in a more appropriate setting.

Lastly, if you are ever in doubt, you can always ac-cess our Hill Companies Network User Guide that outlines proper use of social media in the work-place. The guide is a great resource to reference if you ever have any questions related to the use of social media and offers tips that translate to both the personal and professional aspects of social net-working. You can find this guide on Uconnect or by contacting your manager or member of our Human Resources department.

Thank you for reading and have a great Spring!

Rosanne Hill BlaisdellManaging Director, Harvard BuildingsVP Leasing, Harvard Developments

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EDITOR’S MESSAGERosanne Hill Blaisdell

Today, I attended a breakfast event honouring an 82 yr. old Calgarian by the name of Jim Gray. Jim, over his lifetime, built great companies, led the charge on monumental com-munity fundraising campaigns and received multiple awards and accolades on a National scale. But this was a different kind of honour.

Today, at the crack of dawn, like he has done everyday, Jim catapulted himself into the pool at the Eau Claire YMCA for his daily swim. It marked the end of his 23 year, 300,000 lengths goal of swimming across Canada without ever leaving the pool.

Today, the facility was renamed the “Gray Family Eau Claire YMCA” after a man who, his whole life, believed fervently in the link between fitness, productivity and well being,… a local hero who did everything in his power to support children and families through the YMCA facilities, programs and camps in the pursuit of living active lifestyles, Even the im-pressive assemblage of oil barons, political dignitaries and Rick Hanson, the man in motion, who were there, felt the lump in their throats as Jim Gray expressed an emotional thank you for the recognition.

I write this story only because, while most of you won’t know Jim Gray, we all need a little extra inspiration from time to time. I walked away from my coffee, fruit and muffin thinking how profoundly I had been reminded that genuine goodness and tenacity exists in ordinary people.

It’s just a little nudge for us to:

1) Find something in life that we are passionate about and be disciplined about it.2) Do something in life that makes a difference in other people’s lives.3) Be physically active everyday in some small way and know that this simple commitment is the key to changing your life.

As you flip to the Health and Wellness corner of this edition of the Hill Street News and read through some of the exciting business and community initiatives (Nicaragua - WOW!) occur-ring, you will see that many of The Hill Companies’ employees are already just like Jim Gray.

P.S. Special Congratulations goes out to Matt Geiger for his creative and impressive over-haul of the Hill Street News. It looks fantastic!!!! Thanks Matt

Happy Reading!

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JIM GRAY

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BY: MATT GEIGERCONSTRUCTION UPDATEAGRICULTURE PLACE

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It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time in the not–so-distant past where Saskatchewan was known as the place to be from and definitely not the place to be. Fast forward through a few Grey Cups and some timely shifts in our resources and economy, and the picture of Saskatchewan and Regina has be-come something much different then what it used to be. Our province has (and still is) experiencing significant growth, which has never been more apparent after taking a quick look out our windows of Hill Tower I. From the 20th floor windows looking west, you can see four cranes in the distance working on the new Mosaic Place football stadium site as part of the Regina Revitalization Initiative (RRI). A short stroll over to the East win-dows reveals Regina’s fifth crane, as it actively works on our newest office tower development Agriculture Place.

When we last checked in on Agriculture Place a few months ago, construction crews were busy installing the underground park-ing levels and elevator shafts of the building. Since that time, significant progress has been made to the point where the con-crete frame of all floors are nearly complete. As you can see from the photos, our construction partners with PCL have fin-ished pouring the eighth floor and are now preparing the west side of the ninth floor for concrete. With the crews averaging about a week per floor, it is expected that the full structure (10-storeys) will be completed in the near future.

As framing crews make their way to the tenth floor, more work continues closer to ground level with the installa-

tion of the curtain wall on the first and second floors. For those unfamiliar with the construction process,

the curtain wall is the glass panels that make up the outer “skin” of office tower buildings. At print date, the Installation of this curtain wall is 80% complete on the south and west ends of the second floor. As this installation continues to progress, the appearance of the tower is beginning to resemble a completed building more and more each day.

BY: MATT GEIGERCONSTRUCTION UPDATEAGRICULTURE PLACE

Moving to the interior of the structure (and away from harsh winter weather we’ve had lately in Saskatchewan) significant progress is being made as installation of the building’s mechanical system is occuring. Right now, the focus of the mechanical is on the first and second floors, but will soon extend to the third and fourth levels as the curtain wall advances.

On the ground floor of the site, more work is being done to one of the the most unique aspects of Agriculture place,which is the main floor retail space known as “The Shoppes on Hamilton”. The roofing mem-brane of the retail project is currently being installed which can be seen in the picture below. When the entire project is complete, the Shoppes on Hamilton will feature nearly 10,000 square feet of premium shop-ping and retail space for our tenants and guests of downtown Regina.

It’s a special experience for those of us in Regina who are able to wit-ness the daily progress of this amazing office tower being built. For those of our colleagues outside of Regina, you can follow along with the construction by checking out our webcam feed visiting the web-page below:

http://harvard.ca/real-estate/agriculture-placew-webcam

As we make our way into spring, we are all excited for what lies ahead and look forward to sharing more news of progress with you in the coming months!

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The human heart is an amazing organ. Did you know that every day your heart creates enough energy to drive a truck for 20km? Or that over your lifetime, your heart will pump nearly 1.5 million barrels of blood – enough to fill over 200 train cars! Suffice to say, the heart is one of the most impor-tant parts of your body. Yet, unless something goes wrong, most people don’t give a second thought to their heart and the proper diet and care it needs to remain strong. As you may have heard, the month of February is also known as “Heart Month” across North America and is used by various health organizations to promote healthy diet and lifestyle choices aimed at lowering heart and stroke disease. For us at the Hill Companies, we got involved with the initiative by introducing our “Fruit February” promotion where fresh fruit was supplied to our offices on select days throughout February. All across Canada, our offices were treated to delicious and nutritious snacks of apples, banan-as, strawberries and oranges!

The cherry on top of this promotion is that the American Heart Association says that even one serving of fruits or vegetables a day can significantly decrease ones chances of developing heart disease later on in life.

However, as much as we loved “Fruit February”, we must also be aware that a healthy heart and a healthy lifestyle is a year-round commitment. With this in mind, here are a few tips from healthline.ca on how to keep your ticker tickin’ like it should throughout the year:

HEALTH AND WELLNESS CORNER

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FRUIT FEBRUARY RECAP

1. LOL: Not in an email, not on Twitter or Facebook, but really: laugh out loud. Whether you like watching Family Guy or Seinfeld reruns, if it gets you chuckling, it’s good for your heart. Research from the University of Maryland Medical Center shows that laughter helps relieve the stress that damages the endothelium, the tissue that forms the inner lining of blood vessels and helps your blood flow. It also promotes the healthy function of blood vessels

2. Stretch it out Practicing yoga makes you more limber and helps you relax, which combats stress. However, according to recent research from the Journal of Ayurveda and Inte-grative Medicine, it also positively affects the heart rate variability (HRV), which is an indicator for heart health.

3.Take the scenic route home Put down your cell phone, forget about the driver who cut you off, and enjoy the ride. Eliminating stress while driving will help lower your blood pressure, which your cardiovascular system will appreciate.

4.Fake your fitnessit’s a no-brainer that exercise is good for your coronary health, so why not sneak it in at every opportunity? Park on the far side of the parking lot, take the stairs, walk and talk with a friend instead of e-mailing, or play with your kids at the park instead of just watching them.

5. Walk it off Next time you feel overwhelmed, get mad, or are totally exasperated, take a stroll. A five-minute walk will do wonders for clearing your head and lowering your stress levels.

DIRECTIONS:In high-speed blender, add all ingredients. Blend until smooth.

Optional additions: kick it up with additional Superfoods such as greens powder or substitute hemp seed for favorite protein powder. Medjool dates as sweetener can be substituted with honey, stevia or agave.

Ease level:

*Maca powder is a Peruvian root powder known for benefiting energy, strength & stamina. Avail-able at natural grocers and health food stores.

Creates: Approximately 2 cupsPrep Time: 5 minutes

¼ cup blueberries (or favorite berry/fruit)1 tsp Maca Powder* (optional)1 Tbsp Chia or flax seeds1 Tbsp Hemp hearts (seeds)1 small bunch of spinach, lettuce or kale3 Medjool dates, pits removed ¾ cups water4 ice cubes

BREAKFAST SMOOTHIEPROVIDED BY: CORRINE JOHNSON, HPMI REGINAfrom her soon to be published book “Fresh! Vegetarian, Vegan & Raw Food Recipes”

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THE COMPANY THAT CARES HEADS TO NICARAGUA Garion Carlson and Kayla Brown of Harvard Western Insurance share their story of their journey to Nicaragua to help build homes for impoverished families and what it means to be a part of the “Company That Cares”.

BY: MATT GEIGER

From an outsider’s point of view, “The Company That Cares” may look like just another slogan - lost in a giant pile of companies looking to promote themselves in a catchy and memorable way. But for customers, partners and employees of Harvard Western Insurance, these four words have evolved into more than just a slogan…they have become a way of life at Harvard Western Insurance and truly ingrained into the everyday culture of the company.

For proof of this, you don’t have to look too far. Just ask Garion Carlson and Kayla Brown,

two Harvard Western employees who have just returned from an overseas journey

that embodied the caring culture that Harvrard Western is all about. This

January, Kayla and Garion were pre-sented with an opportunity through

Harvard Western Insurance to volun-teer in Nicaragua and help construct

new homes for less fortunate families.

For many families in Nicaragua, a safe and solid house is just a dream. Instead, these

families face extreme poverty and live in homes that have been pieced together with scrap lum-

ber, tin, and plastic and are unable to protect them from any sort of inclement weather or intrud-ers. Suffice to say, these homes are also a breed-ing ground for health problems since they lack any type of running water or sanitation facilities.

After tireless fundraising and with the support of their friends, family and coworkers, Garion and

Kayla raised enough money to pay for their trip and were on their way south to Nicaragua.

Their volunteer mission would have them stationed in the small farming village of

El Sasle, which is located about 30 min-utes from the larger city of Jinotega (Population of 123,000).

Once there, Garion and Kayla, along with a group of other volunteers, set to

work on building two solid new homes out of brick, concrete and lumber. As they con-

structed the homes, the group also had the opportunity to learn about the Nicarguan culture

and interact with members of the community.

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THE COMPANY THAT CARES HEADS TO NICARAGUA Garion Carlson and Kayla Brown of Harvard Western Insurance share their story of their journey to Nicaragua to help build homes for impoverished families and what it means to be a part of the “Company That Cares”.

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“Our trip was a short one, but well worthwhile,” said Garion when asked about the experience. “We had a week of hard labour, laying cinder blocks and mixing concrete by hand. We also had some fun opportunities to get to know the members of the community we were building houses for.”

As they look back on the experience, Kayla and Garion are also quick to point out how re-warding of a trip it truly was. “In our short week in Nicaragua, we were able to provide two homes for families desperately in need – we were able to change the lives of two families. The experi-ence will forever be close to us and we are very grateful for the opportunity provided byHarvard Western Insurance and for everyone who has taken the time to donate and let us tell our story.”

When it comes to Garion and Kayla, it is clear to see that “the company that cares” has become more than just a slogan. This type of leadership and community involvment can be seen each and every day from HWI empoyees, whether it be at a local branch, or halfway around the world!

For more information on the Bridges to Commu-nity Organization, please visit:

www.bridgestocommunitycanada.ca

REGINA, SK TO

JINOTEGA, NICARAGUA

6,000 KM

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EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHTKYLEAH SMANDYCH

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Normally the month of January is reserved for special parties and gatherings as we come together to cele-brate the New year and a fresh start. However, there was extra cause for celebration this past January as Ky-leah Smandych, Senior Financial Planner for Harvard Developments, was celebrating her 10-year anniversary with the Hill Companies!

When you look back ten years ago, it’s clear to see alot has changed. Mariah Carey is no longer on top of the music charts, George Bush is far removed from the Presidency of the United States, and Nealon Greene isn’t leading the Green and White out of the tunnel onto Taylor Field.... or Mosaic Stadium I should say. But one thing that hasn’t changed in those 10 years is the pas-sion, talent and fun that Kyleah has brought to the office of Harvard Developments each and every day. Follow-ing her 10 year anniversary, I had the chance to catch up with Kyleah as she walked me through her journey with the Hill Companies.

It all began back on January 24th, 2005 when Kyleah joined our Corporate Services team as a Corporate Ac-countant. “When I first started out, I spent about 50% of my time with Cathy Donald, and the other half of my time working with Lynn-Waddell Florence in our Ac-counting Departments” said Kyleah when recalling her first years on the job.

During this time, Kyleah had the opportunity to verse herself in a wide variety of the company’s finance files and further refine her skills in finance and tax account-ing - something that would prove beneficial later on in her career. A few years later, Kyleah’s path took a small detour as she filled in for Michelle Soika who was go-ing on maternity leave. The experience in this position would ultimately serve Kyleah well as she ended up as-suming the Financial Planner position when Michelle moved over to take the Payroll and Benefits Manager position in the Fall of 2011.

Over the following five years, Kyleah’s responsibilities and skills have grown to the point where she is handling much of the Hill’s personal tax information, as well as the various charity files including Mother Teresa Mid-dle School. The work definitely keeps her busy but the variety and challenge to it is one of the main reasons Kyleah loves her job.

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“There is always something different....every day. By doing personal tax files, charity and corporate, there never really is a boring day,” comments Kyleah. “Sometimes people think Accountants are boring! But in my job, especially with Moth-er Teresa Middle School, there is always something new and challenging to work on and is one of my favorite parts of my job. I’ve worked with Mother Teresa Middle School since the begin-ning and is something I love doing and am truly passionate about.”

As we talked about Kyleah’s time with Harvard, another common thread seemed to pop-up time and time again: People. Kyleah noted that although she loves the projects she gets to work on each day, it is the people of Harvard that truly make it a great place to work. “My favorite memories at work all involve the great people I’ve worked with over the years. The jokes and pranks and fun we have always make it a fun and enjoyable place to come each day.” One of these people is Shanna Ralston, who has developed a close friendship with Kyleah over their years with the company. “I knew from day one that not only would Kyleah and I work well together, but that we would become friends for life,” says Shanna. “Her smile and positivity is enough to brighten anyone’s day.”

What’s even more astonishing about Kyleah’s story is how she handles her busy schedule. On top of the regular work hours, Kyleah’s free time is spent buried in textbooks as she is currently pursuing her Certified General Accountant des-ignation and taking classes through Laurentian University.

The workload and hours may be long but Kyleah rec-ognizes the hard work is worth it and that the goal of a designation and degree are within reach. If all goes as planned (and knowing Kyleah, we all know it will) Kyleah will have her University degree and CGA designation at this time next year! Oh yeah, and on

top of all of this, Kyleah also makes time to get to the gym four times a week!

As we wrapped up our chat, Kyleah shared her thoughts on what she’s learned over the past 10 years and offered some final advice from her experi-ences. “The biggest thing is the willingness to learn and try new ideas. Things are constantly changing, especially in finance, so if you’re always up for a chal-lenge and a new way of thinking then things will al-ways work out.”

Earlier we talked about how much the world and our business has changed in only the last ten years. We are repeatedly asked the question of “how have we been able to survive as a company for the last 112 years?” To me, the answer is simple and can be seen in Kyleah and the rest of the talented and gifted people in this company who work hard and are con-stantly trying to push the envelope and learn new ideas.

Congratulations to Kyleah on an amazing ten years

at Harvard and cheers to her next ten!

“THE BIGGEST THING IS THE WILLINGNESS TO LEARN AND TRY NEW IDEAS...IF YOU’RE ALWAYS UP FOR A CHALLENGE AND A NEW WAY OF THINKING THEN THINGS WILL ALWYS WORK OUT”

-KYLEAH SMANDYCH

BY: CHRIS CACHERIS

On January 22, 2015 Harvard Investments broke ground on the first of two office buildings at Waypoint, a 260,000 square-foot Class A office campus located in Mesa, Arizona. The first building, consisting of 108,000 square-feet, has been leased to American Traffic Solutions. ATS is a leader in road safety and toll manage-ment, and will be relocating more than 600 employees to Waypoint. The second building is 152,000 square-feet and is designed to accommodate single-and multiple-occupancy users. “This is an exciting time to be building in the Southeast Valley,” stated Craig Krumwiede, President of Harvard Investments. “We are excited to bring the office campus to fruition and help create a truly dynamic work-place within a high energy and high amenity environment.”

Construction on the first building is scheduled for completion late 2015. For the latest updates on the Way-point project, you can visit our website at www.harvardinvestments.com or catch the next edition of the Hill Street News at the end of April.

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Below: Renderings of the planned Waypoint Complex. Construction on the first building (pictured) is slated to be complete in late 2015.

HARVARD INVESTMENTS

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BELOW: STAFF AND PARTNERS OF HARVARD INVESTMENTS BREAK GROUND ON WAYPOINT, AN EXCITING NEW PROJECT IN MESA, ARIZONA.

Both plants continue making 4-cup carriers for McDonald’s. Production is at an all-time high, with a combined number of 460 million drinks having been protected in 2014. So rest assured, if you buy a hot coffee or a cold soda at any McDon-alds location west of Brook, Indiana, it will be a UFR prod-uct preventing that beverage from ending up in your lap!

We are excited about our plans for 2015 and beyond. We look forward to sharing our accomplishments with you in our next update, so stay tuned!

Warm Winter greetings from Brook, Indiana and Clarion, Iowa!

The UFP plant in Brook, Indiana keeps hum-ming along following a 2014 year that saw re-cord production. As we forge on into 2015, our sales have continued to be strong. So strong in fact, our egg flats are flying out the door as fast as we can make them! Our customer’s chickens keep laying eggs, and we keep pro-tecting them on their way to market, some 6.6 billion in 2014! Around the facility, we are continually making improvements to our processes steadily increasing productiv-ity and efficiency. We are confident these efforts will build on the success we had in 2014 and lead to our best year yet in 2015.

Clarion Packaging also experienced inccreased sales throughout the last half of 2014 and I am pleased to report these sales have continued into early 2015. In addition, we are putting the finishing touches on several of the the plant upgrades we began in 2014. Of particular mention is the completion of our project to upgrade the insulation in the plant which will keep our facility warm and dry during the cold Iowa winter. (Yes, it can be as cold or colder than Saskatchewan!) The team at Clarion is also excited about the upcoming unveiling of a new 12-cell carton as well as changes to their

existing 18 cell carton.

URBAN FOREST RECYCLERS

Clarion, IowaBrook, Indiana

BY: ANDREA STANGELAND

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Although the holiday season has come and gone, January has brought with it reason for us to celebrate with the return of Pauline Wagner from her mater-nity leave. Pauline says that while she enjoyed her time away from the office with her little guys, there are many aspects of her return to work that she is looking forward to… her co-workers, the challenge of her position, and adult conversation! We are also celebrating the engagements of Sanam Amirli to Blake Zimmer and Rosemarie Rossignol to Chris Meadows. Congratulations to you all! More details on those engagements can be found in the “Ground Breaking News” section.

The excitement continues with some new services our accounting team is now able to offer. We are excited to announce that we can now make pay-ments to employees via Electronic Funds Transfer for reimbursement of busi-ness expenses from Harvard Developments Inc. and Hill Financial Corpora-tion. By now you should have received an email inviting you to participate in this exciting new service. The forms are also available on UConnect in the “Your Employee Services” community.

We are also pleased to be able to deposit cheques to a number of our busi-ness bank accounts by scanning payments right here in the office through online banking. This is proving to be an efficient new process which has cut down on not only the time spent on bank runs and processing, but has also led to digital filing instead of paper copies which is good news for our environ-ment.

The start of a new year signals a busy time for us accountants as we are busy getting everything in order for audit and tax season. We will be welcoming our friends from Deloitte over the next couple of months and are looking for-ward to another smooth year-end.

Oh… and one more thing:Gary Thiel, a partner at Deloitte who has done a great deal of tax work for us over the years, will be joining us here at Harvard in the position of Senior Tax Advisor beginning late in late March 2015. Gary is a great addition to Harvard and we are looking forward to working with him as a part of our team.

Special congratulations go out to Cathy Donald and Kyleah Smandych who recently celebrated some major mile-stones in their careers with Harvard. Cathy, who serves as our company’s Controller, is celebrating an amazing 25 years at Harvard! For Kyleah, this is year 10 with Harvard and we are so proud to have these two wonderful and talented ladies as part of our team. Congratulations Cathy and Kyleah and

thank you for all that you do!

MILESTONE START TO 2015!

CORPORATE SERVICESBY: DIANE ARMSTRONG

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2014 was a most unique year for us at Western Surety. While premium generation is very close to last year, we were, unfortunately, saddled with a major claim in Alberta. On a positive note, this claim was the only material blemish of the year and has again proved that our product remains the best form of security. Most importantly, high profile owners are very pleased with our claims management.

Our industry in general does not receive much positive publicity. The attached media link was great to see and it relates to an Ontario claim that commenced in 2013. While ‘whatever the cost’ may be somewhat of an overstatement, many brokers, competitors, reinsurers and of course, our staff, were pleased by the publicity.’http://www.simcoereformer.ca/2014/12/05/end-in-sight-for-rec-centre-repairs

“The economy remains unpredictable at best. While Canada continues to be among the global economic lead-ers, the recent downturn in oil prices will certainly impact many construction companies, decrease expendi-tures within the construction industry and very likely slow the flow of money from the owners down to the sub-contractors and suppliers; obviously not a great combination for anyone in our industry. Over its 105 year existence, Western Surety has successfully managed many economic cycles and will continue to underwrite in a prudent, responsive manner.

We are also enthused about the services created by advances in technology. In 2013, we launched part one of Western

Surety’s E-Services for Commercial Surety Bonding in order to streamline our bond issuance services to our brokers.

We were excited to have expanded this service for our Contract Surety business in 2014. Our most recent

Ezine detailed the user-friendly Western Surety E-Services section; quite the change from 1987

when I first walked into the Western Surety of-fices!

We are excited about these technological advances as they are the first of their kind in the

industry and we hope to continue to increase ef-ficiencies in our office and those of our broker force.

WESTERN SURETYBY: SCOTT DONALD

MEMBERS OF OUR REGINA OFFICE GOT INTO THE CHRISTMAS (OR FESTIVUS) SPIRIT BY TAK-

ING PART IN THEIR ANNUAL “UGLY SWEATER” DAY. HERE IS THE TEAM SPORTING THEIR FES-

TIVE APPAREL AROUND THE FESTIVUS POLE. WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT BRENT OSHANEK

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HARVARD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Unexpectedly, the past few months have been milder than normal here in the prairies. As we began to look forward to the possibility of an early spring, a famous groundhog emerged from his burrow and saw his shadow. As many of you know, that meant we would have to endure six more weeks of winter weather. If his prediction holds true, most of us should be able to tolerate whatever snow and cold that lay ahead.

It was an exciting time for a couple of our team members who received early Christmas gifts. On Novem-ber 1st, Jenny Brown (Calgary) welcomed her son, Pratt Lester Fry. Pratt weighed in at a healthy 8 lbs, 3 oz and measured 20.75 inches long. One month later, Dawn Schlosser (Regina) welcomed her daughter, Erin

Schlosser. Erin weighed 7 lbs, 6 oz and measured 19.50 inches long. Congratulations and best wishes to you and your families!

With Jenny and Dawn on maternity leave, our teams in Calgary and Regina were pleased to an-nounce that Natalie Hewton-Waters and Sarah Grismer, respectively, would be filling their roles

on a term basis.

In Regina, everyone in our downtown office towers celebrated the spirit of the holidays during tenant lunches that took place in the building lobbies over a three day period

in early December. Our gracious HPMI staff served a traditional turkey dinner, with a twist, to approximately 2,200 peo-

ple. Instead of being given a plate, our guests were handed a cup layered with dressing, turkey,

mashed potatoes, gravy and vegetables. After a few puzzled looks, everyone dug into their

unique meal. It was only a matter of time until we started to receive very positive

comments about how excellent lunch was. The food was catered by 20Ten, our new tenant in Mosaic Tower at Hill Centre III. Thank you to Angela

Lockhart and the PR and Promo team for their hard work in

organizing the events!

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We would like to recognize two individuals for their significant educational accom-plishments. In early December, Jennifer Tsang (Regina) was notified she had passed her Uniform Evaluation (UFE) exam. The UFE is the last examination chartered ac-countancy students take in pursuit of the Chartered Accountant (CA) designation in Canada. The UFE is also reputed to be among the world’s most challenging profes-sional exams. Corinne Johnson (Regina) successfully obtained her real estate license in property management and is now officially registered as a Salesperson with the Saskatchewan Real Estate Commission. Corinne acquired her licensing designa-tion in a very short period of time. Congratulations on your achievements ladies!

In early December, Terri Hillier-McIntosh announced she was adding two new members to her Retail Team. Garnet Porten began his role as Suburban Building Operator in Saskatoon for the Preston Crossing and SaskPower properties. Mark Daclag was introduced as the new Retail Maintenance Assistant for her Regina team providing maintenance support for Grasslands. Prior to the holiday break, Wendy Kopeck welcomed Colleen Bos to the Regina Downtown Administration Team as Property Management Administrator. Colleen recently located to Regina from Winnipeg. Early in the New Year, Bob Drysdale joined Terri Hillier-McIntosh’s Regina team as Retail Maintenance Assistant for Normanview Crossing, Kramer Corner and Lakeshore Mall.

On December 1, Terri Hillier-McIntosh made the announcement that Craig Little-tent (Regina) was promoted to Suburban Building Operator. Craig is now respon-sible for the day-to-day building operations at Grasslands. Congratulations on your advancement Craig!

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PICTURED: DALE MERK (CENTER) RECEIVING HIS LONG TERM SERVICE AWARD WITH STEVE ENNS (L) AND CHRIS BURRELL (R).

At the end of December, Laura Sharen (HPMI-Edmonton) was pleased to announce the addition of two new properties to our Edmonton portfolio. The Garneau and Augustana properties will join properties currently under HPMI’s management owned by our client, John Day.

The New Year in Property Management began with the commencement of audit planning. The auditors have arrived and will be a regular fixture in our office until the end of April. In addition, the yearly process of PAL planning and appraisals is nearing completion.

Chris Burrell was pleased to report that Dale Merk (Regina) would be returning to work on February 2nd. For those of you who didn’t know, Dale was in an unfortunate car accident last September. We are all very glad he is back and that his recovery is progressing. Dale will be working half days until he is given the “all clear” to return full-time.

On the afternoon of February 16th, Eau Claire Market in Calgary hosted a Family Fun Day Event. The event drew approximately 2,500 people to the mall with numerous activities and entertainment. Guests enjoyed a variety of performers including the Youth Singers and a Chinese Lion Dance. There were a number of booths set up, including carnival games, a face painter and a tattoo artist. Thank-you to all volunteers who helped make this event a great success!

In closing, we would like to acknowledge the following individuals for reaching significant milestones in their length of service: Dean Siemens (Calgary) who achieved 15 years of service in December and Duncan Spiring (Winnipeg) for achieving 25 years of service at the 201 Portage Building in January. Congratulations and thank you for your contributions gentlemen!

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ABOVE: EAU CLAIRE MARKET’S FAMILY FUN DAY ABOVE LEFT: DEAN SIEMENS, HPMI CALGARY BELOW LEFT: DUNCAN SPIRING, HPMI WINNIPEG

IBM has renewed its lease of 6,057 square feet for five years in Conexus Plaza.

The Crown Prosecutors have expanded to take a portion of the 12th floor in Conexus Plaza. The expansion premise is 4,837 square feet and the term is for four years and nine months.

The Privacy Commissioner’s Office expanded to take a portion of the 12th floor in Conexus Plaza as well. This is a short term deal on 1,462 square feet.

Western Surety completed a five year renewal for its space in Hill Centre Tower II on the 21st floor. The space also received a refresh with some new paint.

Fido has early exercised an option to renew and has added another five year term to its lease for the server room it has in the Bank of Montreal Building on the 12th floor. The server room is 2,270 square feet.

Greystone Managed Investments has expanded to take another 4,841 square feet on the main floor of Park Centre.

LEASING NEWSBy: Nicole Templeton, Mike Alport and Dan Woychuk

This fall, Stone’s Throw Coffee House at Kramer Corner had assigned their lease to new management and owner-ship. An additional 5 year renewal term will be granted upon completion of minor interior upgrades and repairs to the space prior to the commencement date January 1, 2016. We are pleased to see the space have a look and finish, please drop in when you’re in the neighborhood!

Recent deals that have been completed at Normanview Crossing:

Harvard Western Insurance has executed their 5 year renewal agreement for their 1,178 square foot space commencing February 19, 2015.

Mr.Sub has exercised its 5 year option to renew in its 1,372 square foot end cap location commencing April 1, 2015. They will be undergoing minor tenant improvements which will include new signage and interior upgrades.

Normanview Medical Clinic has renewed their lease in their 2,740 square foot space for a further 5 year term commencing April 1, 2015.

First Choice Haircutters at Thatcher Crossing has exercised their right to renew their lease for their 1,000 square foot space for a further 5 year term commencing March 15, 2015.

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Currents of Windermere continues to grow and a number of retailers are opening soon.

Browns Social House will be open this month, while Thai Express, Sushi Shop, Marks and Petland are fixturing and are expecting to open in late March. Two new buildings are under construction in the Urban Village component and total 30,000 square feet. Carters, Believe Fit, Mastermind Toys, Rogers, Mucho Burrito, Frilly Lilly, Massage Heights and J.Lea Fashion are some of the retailers that will open later in the year. A third new building of 8,900 square feet will be under construction in the Spring. Red Robin Gourmet Hamburgers has been secured.

Construction on the three storey Currents Medical and Wellness Centre is almost complete and the first medical tenants are slated to open in the coming weeks. Negotiations are underway with two prospective tenants totaling 14,000 square feet, so more announcements are still to come.

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The newest 12,700 square foot multi-tenant building at Windermere Crossing has been completed and Dairy Queen and Fabutan are now open. Opening in the coming weeks are State and Main, Panago Pizza, Sally Beauty Supplies and The Chopped Leaf.

Construction of the Superstore Gas Bar and the Servus Credit Union are well underway and a Spring opening is planned for both.

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W The 15 acre future Windermere South shopping centre is in preleasing stages and is being met with good demand from the mar-ketplace. Site servicing is planned for this summer and the first tenants are expected to open in 2016.

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Retailer interest in Regina and in particular Grasslands remains very strong.

The current focus is on leasing the Urban Village. Grasslands Urban Village is an exciting mixed-use shopping expe-rience that will feature unique boutique retailers in a more walkable and customer-friendly environment. The com-bination of attractive stores and upscale public spaces will create a unique shopping destination for Regina!

Lammles Western Wear and Tack will open its second Saskatchewan location adjacent to Party City in late summer 2015 featuring a unique selection of men’s and women’s western wear. Additionally, the store will contain Open Road, a “store-within-a-store”. Open Road caters to the motorcycle enthusiast, offering Saskatchewan’s best selec-tion of bike gear and accessories!

McDonalds Restaurants is well under construction at Grasslands. The store concept for Grasslands will be the restaurant’s newest prototype. When compared to existing McDonalds Restaurants in Regina, it promises to reset the bar for customer expectations.

Willow Park Wine and Spirits building is under construction and this retailer has started fixturing the store. This store promises to be Saskatchewan and Regina’s premiere liquor destination. Adjacent Willow Park Wine and Spirits will be Sasktel and Edo Japan.

Stay tuned for future new and exciting retailer announcements at Grasslands!

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Aurora/Regina, SK In December 2014, a Draft Regina Southeast Neighbourhood Plan was com-pleted for a new 1,705 acre residential neighbourhood north of the Greens on Gardiner, as well as a Concept Plan for the regional retail node known as Aurora. We continue to be ac-tively involved in the planning stage with the City’s Southeast Sector Plan group of stakeholders.

For more information visit, ShopatAurora.ca

On January 12, 2015, Regina City Council approved Westerra’s general Neighbourhood Plan and detailed Phase 1 Concept Plan. The first phase will include neighbourhood scale retailers, a business park and a good mix of single family and multifamily residential housing, with both ownership and rental options. The first phase contains the higher density housing clustered around the retail shops which will create an active, pedestrian friendly, urban environment.

In November 2014, the Westerra Marketing Launch Campaign began and is comprised of television commercials, outdoor billboards, newspaper & online, radio spots, cinema and magazine adver-tisements; and will continue until September 2015. Two large site signs have been installed on the corners of Dewdney Avenue & Courtney Street and Dewdney Avenue & Pinkie Road. Installation of infrastructure and services on the land will begin in the spring of 2015. Show homes will open in 2016.

For more information visit, WesterraRegina.ca

Horizons is the retail portion of Westerra and will feature large format retail, a community retail shopping district, and boutique shops on Main Street. Horizons Main Street compliments the pe-destrian friendly design of the Westerra community and achieves the “LIVE, WORK, SHOP & PLAY” nature of the overall project.

For more information visit, ShopatHorizons.ca

Seasons/Winnipeg, MB The name of the overall project is now called “Seasons” and com-prises 50 acres of commercial space designed to satisfy your everyday shopping needs – all in one convenient location. The outlet portion being co-developed by Ivanhoé Cam-bridge is called The Outlet Collection at Winnipeg features an enclosed mall of 400,000 square feet – offering superior brands of value retail from 100 renowned retailers.

A large site sign has been installed on the corner of Sterling Lyon Parkway & Kenas-ton Boulevard. A site office has been constructed on the property which includes an of-fice for the Construction Project Manager and a boardroom for on-site meetings. Under-ground installation of site services is on schedule for substantial completion in April 2015.

For more information visit, SeasonsWinnipeg.ca

Leasing efforts continue with retailers to join a hotel and Co-op Gas Bar and Convenience Store. Site servicing has commenced with occupancy of the Gas Bar scheduled to take place this year.

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X92.9 and Harvard Broadcasting are pleased to an-nounce that The ALL-NEW X App is now live and avail-able to download for both Android & iOS users!

This exciting new app brings Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Direct messages together into one landing spot, creat-ing one massive X-Community. Our fans and listeners can stream the radio station, share audio and photos directly with us through the app, and get push notifications on ma-jor events & contests! Plus, you can be notified when your favourite song is playing and even Vote for “X on Demand”!

What are you waiting for?! Download it today!

Welcome new staff to the X92.9 team: On air hosts:New X Afternoon hosts Andrew Beckler & Seanna JeffersonNew Evening Show host Alex CarrNew Weekends & Overnights with Graham Mosimann

Traffic Dept:New to the Traffic Department Tiffany Ritz

X92.9 - CALGARY, ALBERTA | GINNETTE OUIMET

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Don’t just take my word for it! We continually provide information and research advocating the benefits and relevance of radio for our listeners and advertisers so I thought I would share a testimonial from one of our agency partners. I couldn’t have said it any better:

“Despite what critics have said over the years, radio is not dead. Through the years of TV, video and now on-line radio continues to be an integral part of many client’s media plans. Why? Because radio still offers something other media cannot – local content and op-portunity. Much like Madonna, radio has continued to re-invent itself to keep up with the times and compete with the multiple media outlets available to consum-ers.

Stations are constantly updating formats and offering new music that is relevant for today. Radio offers listeners a local DJ /host they can relate to and under-stand. These people become their friends and hold the power to persuade listeners with their thoughts and opinions. Local stations offer local news, local entertainment and local weather than other media just cannot offer. Radio stations can attend local events and new store openings and influence decision making and purchases. Clients can use local DJS to execute DJ endorsements to sell their products. Most stations still have the flexibility to execute product give-aways and promote retail businesses market by market.

Programming such as radio tags adjacent to weather can still drive call to action. Radio creative offers a theatre of the mind that can have an impact on listen-ers – both positive and negative. Radio has weath-ered the storm of TV, Video, Digital and continues to be relevant to today’s consumers. It is still the best place for call to action and a local, personal feel. And the cost to buy radio is still cost efficient for clients.

Radio truly is relevant and will continue to be relevant for years to come”.

- Teresa CoulterMedia Manager - OMD (Optimal Media Direction)

MESSAGE FROM CAMBy: Cam Cowie - Vice President and COO, Harvard Broadcasting

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HOT 107FM & 95.7 CRUZ FM - EDMONTON, ALBERTA | MELANIE RAESSLER

In light of Alberta’s Bill 10, HOT 107’s Ryder in the Morning decided that HOT 107 needed to create a safe place for all our listeners! The HOT 107 Gay-Straight Alliance is a group where EVERYONE is welcome regardless of gender, sexual-ity, race or social status! It’s free of judgment, bullying and is a safe place for those to come for support and to make new friends! The HOT 107 GSA will host events throughout

the year!

95.7 CRUZ FM, in partnership with Martyshuk Hous-ing, are proud to bring Bret Michaels to Edmontion as part of a charity concert with 100% of the proceeds go-ing to support Homeward Bound Support Services (HBSS). HBSS is a local organization that provides hous-ing and support for Edmonton’s homeless, in effort to get them into permanent housing and off of the streets.

96.3 Cruz FM, along with Mainline Chrysler and TLC @ Home, held “Saskatoon’s Greatest Gifts for Kids” this past December at the Mall at Lawson Heights in Saskatoon. Cruz was live on location at the mall and taking dona-tions of new unwrapped toys to be given to less fortunate children as part of a great program called “TLC @ Home”. Cruz worked with local partners Cameco, Global TV and Hairstyle Inn to make sure every child in our community schools had a toy to open up at Christmas.

Every person who dropped off a toy or cash donation was entered to win one of three $500 Shopping Sprees at Law-son Heights Mall! When the dust settled, Cruz collected over $4,000 in cash, and a huge pile of toys! We look for-ward to our ongoing annual partnership with TLC @ Home for years to come.

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It was a busy Winter for our Fort McMurray stations with lots of concerts, promotions and community events going on. Mix 103.7 held their annual Halloween Party at a local hotel and we were able to raise over 3500 lbs of food for the Wood Buffalo Food Bank. We also sent a very lucky Mix listener to Vancouver to check out Usher for bringing in the largest food bank donation that night.

In November, Mix was awarded the Community Enrichment Award from the Canadian Mental Health Association. We are proud supporters of the organization and work very closely with them throughout the year and we couldn’t be more honoured to have received the award!

Our News department changed a little bit over last couple of months as Evan Cooke was hired as the new News Director and Taylor Pope came on board as our news reporter and week-end announcer.

MIX 103.7FM & 100.5 CRUZ FM - FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA | PAMELA KIRBY

100. 5 CRUZ FM has been working hard to push Fort McMurray out of the winter blues. 100.5 CRUZ FM joined in on the Santa Claus parade in -30 temperatures no less but it was worth it to see the smiles.

To spread a little Christmas cheer, CRUZ Morn-ings with Mark and Leanne head-ed out to local charities giving the gift of coffee and doughnuts, dabbled in a little caroling as well. As you can see in the photo above, the gang had a great time.Fun Fact: Mark has the voice of an angel.

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Fifteen hundred copies of GX94’s Midday Host - Tonya Cherry’s Christmas Goodies cookbook sold out again this year and raised $10,500. All proceeds went to Saskatchewan and Manitoba food banks, women's shelters, Christ-mas toy collections and to victims of a recent apartment fire in Yorkton. In the last four years, over $27,000 has been donated from sales of the book (which is rewritten every year thanks to the help of the lis-teners who send in all the recipes). Not only does Tonya put all this together herself, she attempts to make every recipe that is sent in.

FOX FM’s “Santa’s Little Helpers” once again warmed the heats of the patients and staff at the Yorkton Regional Heath Centre. Santa paid a visit to the hospi-tal on Christmas Eve delivering gifts to children, new borns and their mothers thanks to Peavey Mart. We couldn’t for-get about staff that doesn’t get to spend Christmas at home. Thanks to our friends at McDonalds, our staff were treated to cof-fee and muffins.

Kevin Lubiniecki, Promotions Assistant (2001-2012) with GX94/Fox FM passed away, Wednesday January 14th, 2015. Kevin was a long time educator who after re-tirement, came to work in promotions at GX94/Fox FM.

Kevin flipped pancakes across Saskatchewan! And whether he was helping ease the fears of GX94 Star Search competitors or pouring wine at Fox FM Bridal Fair he always went out of his way to smile and say hello. He will be remembered and missed by everyone who worked with him.

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- RIP KEVIN - YOU WILL BE MISSED!

Harvard Broadcasting Regina is excited to be welcoming back some NEW and OLD faces to our team. On MY92.1, we welcomed back Jessica Frost who will be taking over the midday shift. She missed us so much that after being gone for two weeks, she begged us to bring her back! But the feelings were mutual. Welcome back Jess!

We also added a very familiar face in Regina to the new MY92.1 Morning Show in Rustie Dean. She left her position as the local weather girl for Global Regina and joined Greg Morgan this past Fall. Rustie recently got engaged and is busy planning her special day.

Over on the creative side, we welcomed creative writer Derek Siddorn , a re-cent graduate from the Academy of Broadcasting Corporation in Winnipeg, and producer Tim Main who tells us that he would sacrifice his own brother to the Gods for a chance to be in the new Star Wars Trilogy.

Brandon Graziano joins our News Department via Edmonton. He likes to play into the stereotype Italian and crush a lot of pasta, red wine and futbol ... but also insists that he enjoys pancakes as well.

104.9 The WOLF is excited to be bringing in a couple Alberta boys to the fun. Tim Shutz (Program Director MY92.1 and 104.9 The WOLF) comes from Edmonton, as he was previously working at our sister station, 96.3 Cruz FM. Marcello Palombi (Middays) joins us from Calgary where he was holding down the position of evenings and weekends on our other sister station, X92.9. Welcome fellows and we can’t wait to see you in green!

Last but not least we would like to welcome Brandon Basler (Middays) to the 620 CKRM team. Brandon fits in well with the team as a local Saskatchewan boy growing up listening to CKRM in the tractor. In addition, we’d like to send a special shout out to Kevin James who keeps The WOLF howling on the weekends and Ryan Mochoruk who keeps things running in the back-ground on all stations.

Listeners of the 12th Annual Chil-dren’s Hospital Radiothon once again responded with overwhelm-ing generosity, setting a new re-cord for southern Saskatchewan’slargest fundraiser for the new Chil-dren’s Hospital of Saskatchewan. This year’s event was once agian held in the lobby of Hill Tower II and featured entertainment both on and off the airwaves throughout the day. During the final hour, our on-airpersonalities from 620 CKRM, MY92.1, and 104.9 The Wolf announced that the two-day event raised $540,727.00, bringing the overall Radiothon total to more than $3.4 million since the event began.

It is an exciting time for the Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan as construc-tion is taking place on their new hospi-tal facility up in Saskatoon. As a long-time support of this great organization and cause, we at Harvard Broadcast-ing are thrilled with this total and are ecstatic to see this amount of money go directly to helping save the lives of youth in our province. Special thanks to our promotions staff and on-air DJ’s for putting in some long hours and putting on an absolutely tremendous event.

620 CKRM, MY92.1, 104.9 THE WOLF - REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN | TOM STASESON

REGINA RADIOTHON RAISES $540,727!

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100.7 CRUZ FM - RED DEER, ALBERTA | MARY LIEFFHEBBER

To celebrate the launch of Red Deer’s Greatest Hits and to say “thank you” to our listeners, 100.7 CRUZ FM presented a free “November to Remember” concert with Trooper & April Wine on November 8th, 2014. 700 CRUZ FM listeners enjoyed a high energy show with the Canadian music icons filled with non-stop hits from “Raise A Little Hell” to “Oowatan-ite” and also got to meet the bands after the show.

100.7 Cruz FM was proud to once again partner with The Ensuite Bath & Kitchen as the exclusive radio sponsor of “Tubs for Toys”. We were able to help fill over 25 tubs with toys, which were then donated in support of the Red Deer Christmas Bureau.

We are very excited to announce that after thousands of Canadi-ans auditioned, our very own morning show co-host, Meg Tucker will be a finalist on Season 2 of Master Chef Can-ada. After a lengthy application, and an audition in Calgary on June 2014, she moved onto Toronto to prepare and present her signature dish of Pump-kin Ricotta Ravioli with crispy Sage and Brown Butter to the three famous judges. Master Chef Canada premiered Sunday Feb 1 on CTV. Congratulations Meg!

Welcome To Cruz!

Kristen Kitching returned to her previous position of Receptionist in early December.

After a brief absence, Cam Webb (returned to Cruz FM taking on the role of Music Director/Evening show host)

Welcome to our newest Account Exec, Cory Michaud.

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GROUND BREAKING NEWSIT’S BEEN A BUSY WINTER AROUND THE HILL COMPANIES, WITH A LOT OF NEW ENGAGEMENTS AND FAMILY ADDITIONS TO GO AROUND!

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Congratulations to Jerrod Briere (Western Surety Regina) and his wife Jennifer on the safe arrival of Harrison Jon Lewis on Friday, February 6th!!

Wedding bells are in the future for Rosemarie Rossignol (HDI Regina) as her and fiance Chris Meadows tied the knot earlier this Winter. Congrats Rosemarie!

Congrats to Sanam Amirli on her engagement to Blake Zimmer! All the best to you you both and best of luck with the wedding planning!

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Congratulations to Tyler Godsman (Broadcast Engineer – X92.9 Calgary) who welcomed his son Emmett James Blue-Godsman on June 14th.

Congratulations to Lamont Seenandan (Account Executive – X92.9 Calgary) and his fiancée Emilia who welcomed their daughter Evelyn Skye Seenandan on December 3rd.

Congratulations to Khaled Esmail (HPMI Calgary) and his wife Waffa who welcomed their third child into the world on January 15th at 8:05 PM.

They had a little girl and have called her Nassem; she arrived weighing 8 lbs; Mother and child are doing well.

Congratulations Khaled!

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