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  • Ritchie Bros. Teams With Inland Kenworth To Sell Special Truck Tractor For Truckers Against Trafficking Charity

    Customized 2018 Kenworth T680 was sold at Ritchie Bros.' auction in Phoenix, AZ. Ritchie Bros. hitched its trailer to a very important cause in the month of June. At its Phoenix, AZ auction on June 20, the company sold a customized 2018 Kenworth T680 truck tractor—donated by Inland Kenworth, one of the largest Kenworth truck dealers in North America, and a group of truck industry sponsors—and donated all proceeds to advocacy group Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT), to help prevent human trafficking.

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  • Canada150 at Canada Place drew over 1.5 million to the festivities

    Canada150 at Canada Place drew over 1.5 million to the festivities

    More than 1.5 million people took part in the various events at Canada150 at Canada Place across two days, including five performance stages, a citizenship ceremony welcoming 150 new Canadians, Canada150 Parade, pancake breakfast and a two-barge fireworks display.

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  • Abbotsford Airport Celebrates WestJet’s 20th Anniversary At YXX

    The City of Abbotsford, and Abbotsford International Airport are privileged to be celebrating WestJet’s 20th anniversary of service in Abbotsford, announced Mayor Henry Braun.

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  • Bombardier Celebrated 150 Years Of Canadian Ingenuity

    Bombardier is proud to join in Canada’s 150th anniversary celebrations by honouring our collective Canadian spirit of innovation. For the past 150 years, Canadians have shaped the world we live in with breakthroughs ranging from scientific discoveries and inventions to new mobility solutions and day-to-day essentials.

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  • BCTA Announces Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 2017-18

    BC Trucking Association Announces Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 2017-18

    The British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA) elected a Board of Directors for 2017 – 2018 at BCTA’s Annual General Meeting and Management Conference in Kelowna, BC.

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  • PLAYING BY THE RULES: ETHICS AT WORK

    WNET's Business Ethics Series Examines the Corporate Culture Behind One of America's Deadliest Mining Disasters


    “The Run Coal Memos”
     


    Twenty-nine men perished on April 5, 2010 in a massive explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. It remains the deadliest mining disaster in America of the last 45 years. Government investigators blamed the tragedy on bad management and a culture fostered by the company’s controversial CEO, Don Blankenship, who they say placed production over safety. Blankenship would eventually be convicted of conspiring to evade mine safety regulations; just days ago he was released following a year in federal prison.

    “The Run Coal Memos,” the third episode of the three-part WNET series Playing By the Rules: Ethics at Work, gives viewers an inside look at the tragedy, speaking with key players – including some who were there the day of the disaster. The film also uncovers key company documents which government investigators say led employees to violate basic safety measures which could have prevented the catastrophe.

    “The Run Coal Memos” premieres on Wednesday, June 7 at 8 p.m. on WLIW21, and Thursday, June 8 at 8:30 p.m. on THIRTEEN. The film can be viewed online on each station’s site beginning June 7 at 8 p.m., at wliw.org/ethics and thirteen.org/ethics. Additional options for viewing Playing By the Rules: Ethics at Work can be found at Thirteen.org/anywhere and WLIW.org/anywhere.

    What led to the massive explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine? In a report nearly 1,000 pages long, the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration found that if basic safety measures had been in place, the disaster would not have happened. “The Run Coal Memos” looks at the evidence uncovered by federal and state investigators surrounding allegations of safety violations and hazardous working conditions. Key to the government’s case -- the infamous “run coal memos,” internal company documents which investigators say demonstrated a disregard for safety and a corporate attitude which put profits over people.

    The documentary features powerful interviews with those who were close to the events, including Stanley “Goose” Stewart, who worked at Upper Big Branch for 15 years and was heading into the mine to start his shift at the time of the explosion, and who long had concerns about the mine’s safety; Harley Taylor, a safety officer at Upper Big Branch; Booth Goodwin, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, who oversaw the prosecution of Don Blankenship; and Tim Bailey, an attorney who represented the families of some of those killed.

    Goodwin calls Massey Energy, the company which owned Upper Big Branch, “a rogue coal company” when it was run by Blankenship. Massey is no longer in business; after the tragedy, it was sold to a competitor. Under Blankenship, Massey became one of the largest coal producers in the U.S., but it was also cited for more safety violations than any mining company in America, with more than 50 people dying in Massey mines during his 10 years as CEO. The documentary also interviews Morgan Massey, the patriarch of the Massey family. Mr. Massey was no longer with the company at the time of the tragedy but remained close with Blankenship and says the popular image of the embattled CEO is a false one. Blankenship, he says, always put safety first because “it’s good business.” Blankenship himself did not respond to interview requests.

    Playing By the Rules: Ethics at Work looks at how ethics play a major role in contemporary business practices and challenges viewers to think about what they would do if they found their values challenged at work. Comprised of three 30-minute films--“The Whistleblower,” “Ask Why,” and “The Run Coal Memos”-- the series focuses on real cases of corruption, fraud, or management failures in corporate America and implicitly asks viewers, “What would you do?” Each documentary draws on real-life examples, combining original reporting and interviews with experts and key players to provide an inside view of crises which have engulfed some of America’s largest and most well-known corporations.

    “As a PBS station, WNET is uniquely placed to look closely at key events and examine them in greater depth,” says WNET President and CEO Neal Shapiro. “Throughout this series, WNET has strived to bring these contemporary ethics stories to life and to challenge viewers to consider the broad impact of even ordinary business decisions. Business ethics are vital to a healthy economy and to communities in myriad real ways, which this series underscores.”

    WNET is the parent company of New York’s public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21 and operator of NJTV. Bryan Myers is producer/writer. Sasha Schecter is associate producer. Evelyn Maturana is field producer. Sheelah Kolhatkar is host. Diane Masciale is vice president and general manager of WLIW21 and executive producer of local production. Stephen Segaller is executive-in-charge of production for WNET.

    Major funding for Playing by the Rules: Ethics at Work was provided by Ronnie and Lawrence D. Ackman. Additional funding was provided by Betty and John Levin, Lise Strickler and Mark Gallogly, Patricia and Philip Laskawy, and Graves and Colleen Tompkins. 

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