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PEOPLE

Hayley Rehberg

has joined Republic Architecture Inc.’s head office in Winnipeg as an architectural technologist. A graduate of Red River College, she will be joining a team of technologists to produce architectural drawings for various cultural, defence, institutional and educational projects undertaken by the firm across Canada.

 

COMPANIES

Evans Family Law Corp.

is pleased to announce that Gregory Evans has been included in the 2015 edition of Best Lawyers in Canada in his practice area of family law.

Campbell, Marr LLP

is proud to announce two partners have been recognized by their peers for inclusion in the ninth edition of Best Lawyers in Canada: David I. Marr has been included in the practice areas of construction law, insurance law, personal injury litigation and product liability law, while Kenton L. Fast has been included in the practice area of trusts and estates.

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP and Christianson TDS

the Portage la Prairie office are pleased to welcome Hope M. Buset to the firm. Buset is returning to private practice with Christianson TDS, where she will be again working in a range of legal areas, including residential and commercial real estate; wills, estates and succession planning; and municipal matters.

Great Canadian Travel Company

has announced founder Max Johnson, has sold the 35-year-old business to Ian Kalinowsky. Kalinowsky comes to the travel industry from the financial sector, and brings a deep understanding of process and business management. Johnson will remain with GCTC as the head of product development, and will work with past and new suppliers in bringing an ever-widening range of programs to their clients.

Community Living Manitoba Development

announces the appointment of development and outreach co-ordinator, Rick Kemp. Kemp has a strong and committed history with the community-living movement and also excels at sales, marketing, communications and public relations. He has worked in many industries including, most recently with Churchill Wild (polar bear safaris, ecotourism). He will be working to continue revitalizing and repositioning the provincial organization within Manitoba, and strengthening the ties to local agencies, families and partners in the business community.

Belton Boisselle Benefits & Pensions

is pleased to introduce its newest client service manager, Christine Motuz. Motuz joins the company with many years of experience in the human resources field, which includes her most recent role as associate manager, benefits and pension, with a major national financial services firm. Prior to that, she worked as senior human resources representative with a large Manitoba-based employer. Belton Boisselle is excited to have her join their growing team.

Twenty-four TDS Law lawyers

were included in the ninth edition of Best Lawyers in Canada: Richard H.G. Adams (real estate law), Robert J.M. Adkins (aboriginal law and real estate law), Paul J. Brett (insurance law), Donald G. Douglas (insolvency and financial restructuring), Adrian B. Frost (labour and employment law), A. Blair Graham, Q.C. (alternative dispute resolution), Jeff B. Hirsch (administrative and public law), Robin M. Kersey (labour and employment law and alternative dispute resolution), Keith D. LaBossiere (labour and employment law), Janice Y. Lederman (leveraged buyouts and private equity law and mergers & acquisitions law), Kenneth S. Maclean (alternative dispute resolution and labour and employment law), Barry N. MacTavish (securities law), Gordon A. McKinnon (administrative and public law and insurance law), Albina P. Moran (real estate law), E. William Olson, QC (alternative dispute resolution, bet-the-company litigation, construction law, corporate and commercial litigation, insurance law and labour and employment law), Chrys Pappas, QC (banking and finance law, corporate law and real estate law), Sacha R. Paul (aboriginal law), William G. Percy (aboriginal law), Jeffrey D. Pniowsky (tax law), Vivian E. Rachlis (health-care law), James A. Ripley (banking and finance law), P. Michael Sinclair, QC (corporate law and securities law), John D. Stefaniuk (environmental law and natural resources law), Gregory J. Tallon (corporate law and mergers & acquisitions law).

 

PEOPLE

Tracy Mainland

has been appointed senior director of corporate partnerships with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Mainland comes from a 15-year extensive sales background in media with both the Winnipeg Free Press, the Winnipeg Sun as well as six years at CBS Outdoor (formerly known as Mediacom). She looks forward to working with all partners of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in her new role.

Robert Lajoie

was recently appointed at BDC’s new vice-president, financing and consulting — Manitoba.

Laura Wittig

a member of the Clear Concepts team was recently honoured with an award from the same organization called the Rising Star Award, for young women in technology, who have been part of the IT channel for five years or less.

Wells Peever, Q.C.

a partner at Aikins Law has been ranked by Lexpert magazine as one of Canada’s leading infrastructure lawyers. Peever was the only Manitoba lawyer to receive this recognition. The Lexpert Report on Business, special edition on infrastructure, was distributed in the September 2014 edition of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine.

 

AWARDS

MTS

N. Ashleigh Everett, chairwoman of the governance and nominating committee at MTS, received the prestigious Best Overall Governance Award by the Canadian Society of Corporate Secretaries at the annual Excellence in Governance Awards. The best overall governance award is presented each year to a company that demonstrates a high level of effectiveness across the three pillars of governance, risk and compliance. This is the third time MTS has won a significant award for its commitment to good governance.

 

BOARDS

The Manitoba Bar Association

the professional association of lawyers, judges, law students and law professors, is pleased to announce its executive committee members for 2014-15: president, Sofia Mirza (Fillmore Riley LLP); vice-president, Brad Regehr (D’Arcy & Deacon LLP); secretary/treasurer, Dean Scaletta (MPI — legal department); director membership, Kael McKenzie (Manitoba Justice Prosecution Service); director public relations & advocacy, Melissa Beaumont, (Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP); and past-president, Scott Abel (Paterson Patterson Wyman & Abel). Council members for 2014-15 are: Peter Anandranistakis, Todd Andres, Anne Barkman, Richard Beamish, Karlee Blatz, Trevor Brown, Melanie Bueckert, Tony Cellitti, Grant Davis, Silvia de Sousa, George Derwin, Jennifer Goldenberg, Gary Goodwin, Dana Gregoire, Andrea Hadley, Alain Huberdeau, Peter Kingsley, Therese Koturbash, Lisa LaBossière, Cynthia Lau, Richard Lonstrup, Lisa Manaigre, Kathleen McCandless, Carli Owens, Lawrence Pinsky, Kelli Potter, Uzma Saeed, Nick Slonosky, Derrick Stewart, Maureen Terra, Mark Toews, Peter Tonge and James Wishart. Executive director, Stacy Nagle.

Manitoba Opera

has announced its board of trustees for 2014-15: returning trustees — Robert Vineberg, chairman; Wayne Benson, vice-chairman; Jennifer Snyder, past chairwoman; Tony Lacopino secretary; Robert Biscontri, treasurer; Liz Barron, Brent Bottomley, Abbie Grieder, Elba Haid, Peter Heavysege, Amanda Huminicki, Sue Jurkovic, and Heather Sarna. New trustees elected to the board are Hermann Lee, Henri Marcoux, Jeffrey Sisler and Ian Trump. Retiring from the board: Christopher Mainella and Carolin Taubensee.

The Canadian Association of Family Enterprise (Manitoba Chapter)

Is pleased to announce its board of directors for 2014-15: Bob Spriggs, president; Kimberley Bishop, past president; Rob Klassen, vice-president of finance. Directors: Trevor Miller, Ken Coughlin, Sandra Tucker, Ben Sparrow, Lynda Gunter. A special thanks to outgoing director, Leslie Weir.

The International Association of Administrative Professionals, Winnipeg Chapter

has elected its 2014-15 board of directors: Bridget Katazinski, president; Afton Williams, CAP-OM, vice-president; and Joan Jasper, treasurer.

 

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