Dieppe celebrates public works crews
Published Saturday May 16th, 2009
The City of Dieppe's Public Works and Engineering Department is inviting local residents to see how they do their job during Public Works and Engineering Week May 17-23.
The week has a theme of "Revitalizing, Reinvesting, Renewing." Public works employees will visit local schools to explain their jobs to youngsters and show the heavy machinery they use to do those jobs.
From Tuesday through Friday, there will be an exhibition of photos and equipment such as pipes, traffic lights and crosswalk lights at Dieppe City Hall.
On Wednesday afternoon, employees will have a friendly competition at the public works garage. The department will end its activities on Saturday with a heavy machinery exhibit at the Place 1604, near the Dieppe Market from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. People will be able to see an excavator, a loader with snowblower, a sidewalk tractor, a snowplow, a sewer flushing truck, a street cleaner, etc.
Around 1 p.m. the department will start a machinery parade from Gauvin Street and then along Champlain, Pascal, Chartersville, Centrale Melanson, Fox Creek, Amirault and Acadie streets to end at the Champlain Place parking lot, near Mike's restaurant in Dieppe. Machines will be on display till 4:30 p.m.
Home buyer's seminar in Moncton May 21
A Free Home Buyers Seminars is being offered next Thursday, May 21, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the Moncton Lions Community Centre, 473 St. George St. The seminar is being facilitated by an accredited mortgage profession, real estate agents, lawyer and a home inspector.
They will provide information on the entire home buying process. To register call 961-0066 or e-mail tammygreen@royallepage.ca.
OMISTA employees visit Africa
Employees of OMISTA Credit Union in Moncton recently went to the African nations of Uganda and Malawi to share their knowledge and experience with people setting up credit unions there.
Over the past five years, through the Canadian Co-operative Association Coaching program, Canadian Credit Union professionals have shared experience with Credit Unions in the developing world.
The Credit Union movement is growing in Africa, and while there are many bright, well-educated people working in the movement many staff can benefit from the pool of experience that Canadians can offer.
OMISTA Credit Union in Moncton sent two members of its management team -- Tammy Christopher, CFO, and Paul Innes, Administration Manager -- on the February/March Coaching Program in Uganda/Malawi. They were joined by Jeannette Holmden, General Manager of PSE Credit Union.
"After visiting Uganda, I understand the power of ownership even more. I feel like I lived a bit of the grassroots history of Credit Unions in Canada. The SACCOs in Africa are incredibly important to the lives and development of their people," Tammy Christopher said.
Tammy, Paul and Jeannette offered advice and assistance on various aspects of primary Credit Union management. They will return to Africa for the second half of their CCA commitment in 2010.
Paul Innes recalls, "This was an amazing opportunity of knowledge sharing between myself and some of the most honest, warm-hearted, and caring people I have ever met and I truly look forward to returning to Malawi in 2010."
N.B. potash mine wins safety award
The PotashCorp mine near Sussex was one of three Canadian mines to receive the John T. Ryan Safety Award from the Canadian Institute of Mining.
The other winners were Vale Inco's Copper Cliff North Mine in Sudbury and Sherritt Coal's mine in Alberta. The potash mine in Penobsquis is deep underground and has tunnels that go on for several kilometres. Heavy equipment is used in the tunnels to scrape out ore with potash and salt.
"Safety is a core value at PotashCorp New Brunswick and we are committed to continuous improvement in safety," said Mark Fracchia, general manager of PotashCorp New Brunswick Division.
All three recipients achieved a 0.0 reportable injury rate in 2008. A reportable injury is defined as lost-time injuries plus modified work injuries. The reportable injury rate is calculated as total reportable injuries multiplied by 200,000 work hours, divided by the total number of hours worked at the operation.
n The Cochrane Report appears each Wednesday and Saturday. Items for publication may be sent by e-mail to cochrana@timestranscript.com., or by fax to 859-4904.
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