SASKATCHEWAN SPRING 2018 ISSUE 1 VOL. 2 industrywestmagazine.com ARMOUR READY COVERING ALL THE BASES PIPELINE DREAMS BECOME REALITY: UPDATE MINING IN SASKATCHEWAN: LOOKING AHEAD BRANDSPARK 2018 BEST NEW PRODUCT AWARDS YIELDS OPPORTUNITIES MAKE LEGAL A BREEZE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS SUN LIFE FINANCIAL SHINES A LIGHT ON SUSTAINABILITY A START-UP STORY—BEAK’S CHICKEN From inputs to insights. Agrium and PotashCorp are now Nutrien. What do you get when the world’s biggest crop input retailer combines forces with the largest crop nutrient production and distribution operation on Earth? You get an unmatched supply of crop inputs, an extensive and efficient delivery infrastructure, and more than 1,500 retail locations, staffed with generations of farming experts. In the race to feed the world’s exploding population, ours is a whole new business model. 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Canada Post Publications Number: 4009036 5 CONTENTS THE ENERGY & MINING ISSUE COVER Armour Ready: Covering All the Bases 20 FEATURES Pipeline Dreams Become Reality: Update 8 Canada: The World’s Energy Supplier of Choice 14 Canada’s Mining and Energy sectors are Down with TPP 16 Mining in Saskatchewan: Looking Ahead 26 Powering a Remote Mine Remediation Camp with Hybrid Energy 28 Solar Powering Saskatchewan 32 Creating an Inclusive Workforce to Thrive in Today’s Business Economy 38 26 MINING IN SASKATCHEWAN: LOOKING AHEAD DEPARTMENTS Legal: Make Legal a Breeze in Renewable Energy Projects 34 Outlook: Saskatchewan Mining & Energy 36 Future: BrandSpark 2018 Best New Product Awards Yields Opportunities 42 Pitch: Social Media Breakfast removes Digital Marketing’s Intimidation Factor 46 Small: Let’s Talk Tourism YQR Ignites Collaboration 48 Tech: Silicon Prairie—Saskatchewan’s New Economic Driver 50 People: De-hiring is a Key Part of Building a Strong Team 52 Money: Sun Life Financial Shines 34 a Light on Sustainability 54 MAKE LEGAL A BREEZE IN RENEWABLE ENERGY Start: A Start-Up Story—Beak’s Chicken 56 Give: Because Cats 58 Life: Everything is Better with Barbecue 60 PROFILES Safety Management: Reducing Financial 40 and Lender Risk - Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association COR® Certification Sets the Standard - 41 PCL Construction Management Inc THE LAST PAGE Dami Egbeyemi, owner of Regina’s NeuroFitness Centre Canada Inc., 66 answers our Industry West Proust-style Questionnaire 56 A START-UP STORY: BEAK'S CHICKEN 6 Contributors JENN SHARP GEOFF KIRBYSON ELIZABETH IRELAND With more than 15 years of corporate Jenn Sharp, of Sharp Communications, Geoff Kirbyson has been a business and government writing experience, is a writer, editor and marketer based in reporter for more than 20 years, writing Elizabeth thrives on meeting new people Saskatoon. for the Winnipeg Free Press, The Lawyers and experiencing new things. She believes Weekly, Western Investor, Investment the best stories come from immersing A born entrepreneur and connector, Executive and The Hockey News. He is herself in the subject matter, whether she’s passionate about Saskatchewan’s also the author of “The Hot Line - How she’s underground at a mine or attending business, innovation and agricultural the Legendary Trio of Hull, Hedberg and a fundraising event. sectors. When not at her desk, she can be Nilsson Transformed Hockey and Led the found riding her horse, on her yoga mat Winnipeg Jets to Greatness.” or exploring the world. VICTORIA RYAN CLAIRE PAUL BURCH Victoria was born in Asia, raised in Sweden BÉLANGER-PARKER Paul Burch is a co-owner of OmniOnline and educated in the US and Canada, and Claire Bélanger-Parker has owned and Inc, a Regina-based web solution company holds an MBA in marketing from Simon operated the CNT Management Group, serving customers across Canada. He is Fraser University in Vancouver. She a successful event, conference and a consultant, writer, entrepreneur, and has experience from various marketing association management company retired rugby coach. He’s deeply involved positions in the high tech sector, ad since 1999. With a diverse client base in the digital/interactive media industry as agency world, banking industry and in from arts, culture, health, government, an owner at OmniOnline, the president government. Victoria is currently based corporate and non-profits, she has of Sask Interactive, and co-founder of in Canada’s North: Whitehorse, Yukon, managed conferences and special events a Saskatchewan start-up company, where she lives on a farm she runs with in just about every province in Canada EchoLotto.com. (He’s also a shameless self her husband and three young children. and across the border. She is deeply promoter and loves writing about himself committed to help organizations access in the third person.) indigenous knowledge regardless if they are simply exploring, ready to engage or fully committed to building respectful relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities. 7 Feature PIPELINE DREAMS BECOME REALITY: UPDATE BY PAUL BURCH Our coverage of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and the pipeline debate continues. Time, energy and money being spent debating We examined the proposed pipeline expansion in our first two issues in 2017. the necessity of pipelines could be better spent A year later, we’re still covering the story which seems to change daily. Paul Burch improving the lines we have and extending our takes up the story for this issue, getting insight from the Petroleum Services Association capabilities while continuing to be a world leader of Canada about pipelines and what they mean for the oil and gas industry and in safety and environmental standards. At the the country. same time, we could be investing in alternative energies that can keep Canada ahead of the ipelines are a divisive topic these days. This is interesting since—if curve globally now and in the future. done correctly—pipelines have the potential