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PEOPLE

Robert Warren

has been appointed to the National Research Council Canada by Tony Clement, minister responsible for the NRC. Warren has served as executive director of the University of Manitoba’s Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship since its inception in 1997. He is also a founder of the Winnipeg Angel Organization, a non-profit organization that helps small business start-ups access financing.

AWARDS

Human Resource Management Association of Manitoba

presented its annual excellence in leadership awards at a gala event in Winnipeg on March 9 to the following recipients: Organizational Development and Strategic Initiative — Wawanesa Insurance and Winnipeg Transit Operations; Health and Safety — Manitoba Lotteries; Health and Wellness — Manitoba Liquor Control Commission; Workplace Education and Employee Development — Ranger Insurance; Diversity and Cultural Awareness — RBC Royal Bank; Rising Star — Jodi Funk Clements, HR generalist, AAA Alarms Ltd.; Innovative Practitioner — Dave Leschasin, chief human resources officer, St. Boniface General Hospital; Visionary Leader — Barbara Bowes, president of Legacy Bowes Group.

COMPANIES

Kane Biotech Inc.

a biotechnology company engaged in development and commercialization of products that prevent and remove microbial biofilms, has been named one of the Top 10 companies in the biotech industry by Fast Company in its annual list of the world’s “Most Innovative Companies.” The magazine singled out Kane Biotech’s “wound care spray that could aid and speed healing” in its March 2011 issue.

Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP

lawyers named in the 2011 Best Lawyers in Canada: Richard H.G. Adams (real estate), Robert J.M. Adkins (aboriginal, real estate), Donald G. Douglas (insolvency, financial restructuring), James G. Edmond (insurance), Robin M. Kersey (labour, employment), Keith D. LaBossiere (labour, employment), Kenneth S. Maclean (labour, employment), Barry N. MacTavish (securities), Kathleen C. Murphy (aboriginal), E. William Olson, Q.C. (alternative dispute resolution, bet-the-company litigation, construction, corporate and commercial litigation, insurance, labour, employment), Chrys Pappas, Q.C. (banking, corporate, real estate), William G. Percy (aboriginal), James A. Ripley (banking), Sheryl A. Rosenberg (environmental), P. Michael Sinclair, Q.C. (banking, corporate, securities), John D. Stefaniuk (environmental, natural resources).

BOARDS

Winnipeg Central Business Association

selected its 2011 board: Doug Blaylock, president; Scott Toderash, past president; Ron Lowe, secretary; Dale McDermid, treasurer. Directors: Peter Lacey; Rick Hamilton; Gerald Dey; Charlene Christensen; Carl Hutman.

Manitoba Trucking Association

elected officers and executive for 2011/12: Tom Payne Jr., Payne Transportation, president; Susan Snyder, Searcy Trucking, 1st vice-president; Norm Blagden, Bison Transport, 2nd vice-president; Earl Coleman, Big Freight Systems, past president. Executive members at large: Gary Arnold, Arnold Bros. Transport; Greg Arndt, Jade Transport; John Erik Albrechtsen, Paul’s Hauling. Directors: John Erik Albrechtsen Paul’s Hauling; Gary Arnold, Arnold Bros. Transport; Greg Arndt, Jade Transport; Norm Blagden Bison Transport; Ron Cram Cheval Transport; Bruce Danylchuk E.B.D. Enterprises; Jacques Desrosiers, Jack’s Heavy Transport & Storage; Bernie Driedger, Portage Transport, Horizon International Distributors; Jason Dubois, Len Dubois Trucking; Gilles Durand, Du-Vall Transport; Darrin Fiske, Kleysen Transport; Roger Gagne, Grote Industries; Borden Hadley, Smooth Freight; Kyle Harris, Harris Transport; Jim Hiebert, J.D.H. Hiebert Trucking; Derek Lachaine, TransX; Scott Kinley, Gladstone Transfer; Cameron Mayor, Goodyear Canada; Keith McLeod, Glen McLeod & Son; Mark Meyer, Meyer Bros. Trucking; Harvey Mueller, Quick Transfer; Helene Nadeau, LaBroquerie Transfer; Tom Payne Jr., Payne Transportation; Gordon Reimer, Merit Transport; Kevin Small, Agri-Tel Transportation; Susan Snyder, Searcy Trucking; Doug Witt, Gardewine North.

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