Top: Award winners and their guests. Below left: Wadood Ibrahim (left), of Protegra, with Colin Tirschmann, controller at National Leasing. Below middle: Zachary Minuk (left), of CPA Manitoba Joint Venture, and Arctic Co-operatives Ltd.’s Debbie Jones and Duane Wilson. Below right: Minister of Infrastructure and Transporta- tion Steve Ashton (left) and BEHLEN Industries’ Sean Lepper.
Long Term Achievement Business Winnipeg: Arctic Co-operatives Ltd.
Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution by an Individual
to the Community Robert (Bob) Silver
The primary role of this aboriginal-owned and democratically controlled co-operative is to coordinate the resources and combined purchasing power of community-based member co- operatives. Located throughout Canada's Arctic, co-operatives work together to ensure ongoing social and economic advancement within their communities. Through these co-operatives, Arctic creates employment, offers training and development programs, and provides benefits to members. Nominated: Ceridian Canada Ltd., Telpay Inc. Long Term Achievement Business Rural: BEHLEN Industries BEHLEN is Canada's largest manufacturer of steel building systems — and the first in Canada to manufacture a frameless steel building. It sells steel structures — including industrial, commercial, recreational and institutional facilities — and its buildings stand on six continents. That international reach has a local benefit, as all buildings are manufactured in the company’s Brandon facility, where 341 people are employed. Nominated: Border View Electric Ltd., Winkler Dental Clinic
For more than 30 years, Robert (Bob) Silver has made an extraordinary contribution to business and the community at the local, national and international levels. He is the president and co-owner of Western Glove Works, and co-owner of Warehouse One and Urban Barn retail chains. Additionally, he is a co- owner of the Brandon Sun, the Winnipeg Free Press, the Canstar weekly papers and Derksen Printers in Steinbach; and he was a co-founder of Canterbury Park (now Pavilion Financial Corp., a private equity firm). Bob has served on a number of boards, including CentrePort Canada, Business Council of Manitoba, First Peoples Economic Growth Fund, Winnipeg Convention Centre, and as co-chair (since its inception in 2001) of the Premier’s Economic Advisory Council. Previous honours include: B’nai Brith Award of Merit, Alumni of the Year at the University of Manitoba, honorary degree from Red River College, CME Hall of Fame and the Order of Manitoba.
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