Pool structure changes
An internal re-organization at Saskatchewan Wheat Pool will see all of the company’s operations report directly to chief executive officer Don Loewen.
The pool has traditionally operated two separate reporting structures. Commercial operations such as grain handling and food processing have reported to the chief executive officer, while policy, member relations and communications reported to the executive director of policy and member services.
Glen McGlaughlin, who has held that position since 1989, took early retirement on Aug. 1 at age 53 after 23 years with the company.
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Pool president Leroy Larsen said in a press release the realignment was prompted by a need for an “efficient, focused and effective organization that is prepared to compete in a changing global environment.”
Right hand man
The chief executive officer of CN Rail was honored July 30 as recipient of the Right Hand Man Award.
Paul Tellier received the award at the Cooperstown Conference in West Virginia. The conference is organized annually by several railroad associations. The award is presented once a year to a railroad person who has made outstanding contributions to the railroad industry in North America.
Tellier’s award marks the first time that a Canadian received the award.
Pool holds byelection
Nominations are open for a Saskatchewan Wheat Pool delegate byelection.
District 6, subdistrict 3 has been vacant since Gregor Beck of Rouleau decided not to run again in last spring’s election. Beck had served as the delegate since April 1990.
Nominations are being accepted until Aug. 13. If an election is necessary, ballots will be mailed to members on Aug. 23. The election will close at 4 p.m. Sept. 10.
Nomination papers may be obtained from the secretary of the local pool committee or by writing to the pool’s head office in Regina.
Make it rare
Manitoba has added eight species to its endangered list.
Listed as endangered are the whooping crane and the western prairie fringed orchid. Listed as extirpated ( no longer found in Manitoba but are elsewhere in the world) are the trumpeter swan, muskox, grizzly bear, greater prairie chicken, long-billed curlew and swift fox. Fines for endangering a species range from $500 to $5,000.
CN board addition
James Gray, chair and chief executive officer of Canadian Hunter Exploration Ltd., an oil and gas exploration firm, has been appointed as a member of the board for CN Rail.
Gray is also chair of the Canada West Foundation and was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada in 1995. His appointment to the CN board was announced July 23.
