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Viterra acquires processing facility at Belle Plaine

Last month, we were excited to announce We’ve been
that Viterra closed its acquisition of a actively working
high quality processing facility at Belle with local
Plaine, SK, strengthening its service customers to
offering to farmers across southern drive awareness
Saskatchewan and part of Alberta. of our ownership
of the facility, and
The facility can handle a wide range how we can help
of pulses and other commodities, and them with their
provides added value through precision marketing needs.
cleaning and conveyor equipment to We are pleased to
prepare and ship crops for export. It has welcome Facility
multiple logistics capabilities including Operations
container, bagged, intermodal, truck and Manager Breanne
bulk rail shipments. Completed in the fall Pakula and the
of 2017, the facility has a storage capacity rest of the group
of 22,000 metric tonnes, along with a 135 at Belle Plaine to
railcar loop track. the Viterra team.

Viterra recognized for sustainability leadership

The program celebrates companies and the United States honouring these
who are committed to reducing their sustainability leaders for the work they
environmental footprint. do in their individual businesses and
“CN is proud to recognize its supply across their supply chains as we work
chain partners for their efforts to reduce together in the transition to a lower
supply chain emissions, increase carbon economy.”
energy efficiency and drive sustainable
business practices,” said Mark Lerner, The EcoConnexions Partners will be
Vice-President of Marketing and Business recognized at a special ceremony
Development at CN. “On behalf of in Montreal in October. Through the
CN Rail is recognizing Viterra for our EcoConnexions partners and in program, CN has planted more than 2
its sustainability practices through collaboration with Tree Canada, we are million trees since 2012.
the CN EcoConnexions Program. planting 120,000 trees in 2019 in Canada

ALL ABOUT STARS AIR AMBULANCE

• STARS was called the Lions Air Ambulance Service when it first began in 1985
• The first mission that STARS flew was to transport a critically ill infant to tertiary care in Calgary
• STARS received full accreditation as an international critical care provider from the Commission on Accreditation of
Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS) in 1998
• STARS surpassed the 10,000-mission milestone in 2002
• STARS was the first civilian air carrier to use Night Vision Goggle technology on a mission from Southeast Alberta to
Calgary in 2003
• In 2012, STARS bases opened in Regina and Saskatoon
• STARS celebrated 30 years of care in the air in 2013 with more than 29,000 missions flown since 1985

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