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City hiring new CAO ARN E PE TRYSHEN
The City of Cranbrook is hiring a new CAO, and Wayne Staudt is leaving his position at the end of his contract. A posting on www. civicinfo.bc.ca said the City is looking to hire an experienced chief administrative officer for a competition that closes Dec. 14, 2015. Chris Zettel, the City’s Corporate Communications Officer could not speak to the specifics, but issued this statement about the outgoing CAO. “Wayne Staudt is still the active CAO for the City of Cranbrook until the end of his contract,” Zettel wrote. “Mayor and council have begun succession
planning for the CAO role.” Staudt was appointment as CAO at the Oct. 22, 2012 city council meeting to replace former CAO Will Pearce. When Pierce was hired by the City of Vernon in June 2012, Staudt stepped into the role of Interim CAO. Staudt, who has been a resident of Cranbrook since 1978, joined the City of Cranbrook in 2002 as the Director of Finance. The current council is the sixth that Wayne Staudt has worked with during his tenure with the City of Cranbrook, with Mayor Lee Pratt being the fourth Mayor.
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Finning to cut jobs across Western Canada T R E VO R C R AW L E Y
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LOCAL AMPUTEES HELP CARRY ON WAR AMPS LEGACY IN REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY: As they laid a wreath on November 11, at the Cranbrook Remembrance Day Ceremony, Brooke Willisson, 7, and Nicole Byford, 17, passed on a special legacy from The War Amps. Brooke, a multiple amputee, and Nicole, a partial left hand amputee, are proud to be part of Operation Legacy, in which members of The War Amps Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program help pass on the Remembrance message to the younger generation. Although Operation Legacy members have not experienced war themselves, they know what it is like to live without a limb – a bond they share with war amputee veterans. They will continue The War Amps tradition of “amputees helping amputees,” and carry on the Remembrance message long into the future.
Finning has announced that the company will close 11 locations across western Canada, along with a workforce reduction of 450 people, which was revealed in a quarterly update on Thursday. The announcement won’t affect operations in Cranbrook or Kimberley, but there will be a facility closure in Sparwood, said Hillary Anaka, communications manager for Finning Canada. Anaka did not provide specific numbers in terms of how many local jobs would be affected, but noted that Finning will still be ac-
tive in Sparwood. “On the Sparwood front, we do plan to exit our existing building in Sparwood by mid2016,” she said. “We’re still working through the details, but I can tell you we’re still planning on having a strong presence in the Elk Valley. “One component of that strong presence are field technicians to support our customers in the area.” The exiting of 11 facilities in Western Canada is part of a restructuring plan to consolidate operations, Anaka continued.
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