News Release-Saint John Board of Trade announces the Finalists for the 28th Annual Outstanding Business

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RARE VINTAGE AIRCRAFT TO ARRRIVE AT SAINT JOHN AIRPORT

Aircraft arrive: Monday, August 27 and are available to media
Air Show: Tuesday, August 28
Public Static Display: Wednesday, August 29

WHAT: Arrival of four beautifully-restored vintage aircraft that tell the story of one of Canada’s proudest achievements, the massive, homegrown effort to build airfields and train hundreds of thousands of allied World War II aviators. The Yellow Wings’ pilots will meet the public and media to talk about the significance of their historic planes, operated by Vintage Wings of Canada.

In Addition, other aircraft will be on-site Monday for Media, including Canadian aircraft racer, Pete McLeod, of the Red Bull racing team in an Edge 540, and Dan Dempsey with the Hawk One Sabre.F-86.

WHERE: Saint John Airport, Atlantic Flight Centre
WHEN: Monday, August 27: Private viewing for media [contact Colleen Kemp Mitchell for access]
Tuesday, August 28: Air Show from 2 – 4 pm
Wednesday, August 29: Static display 3 – 7 pm
WHO: Pilots, Aircraft Technicians and their aircraft
DETAILS: Volunteer pilots from Vintage Wings of Canada’s Yellow Wings Program will visit Saint John to pay tribute to a little-known moment in Canada’s history: the World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP). Yellow Wings pilots tell the story of the BCATP and how ordinary Canadians from coast to coast came together in what became known as the “Aerodrome of Democracy” to train hundreds of thousands of aviators from Canada, the British Commonwealth and the U.S., in the effort to win the War. One of the lasting legacies of the BCATP was the construction of dozens of Canadian airports across Canada.

The Yellow Wings aircraft are part of the Mike Potter Collection of Vintage Wings of Canada. They include the North American Harvard, deHavilland Tiger Moth, Fleet Finch and the Fairchild Cornell.

To find out more about the aircraft and the heroes to which they are dedicated, or to download high-resolution photos, visit www.yellowwings.ca.

Vintage Wings of Canada (VWC) is a public charitable organization founded by Ottawa businessman and philanthropist Michael Potter to celebrate our country’s rich aviation history, as well as to educate and inspire Canadians with powerful stories about the heroes, aircraft and events making up this great heritage. For more information, visit vintagewings.ca.

Pascan Aviation announces Saint John Air Schedule

Seminars for Executives at UNB

The University of New Brunswick Executive Education Centre (EEC) presents professional development programs for executives who want to sharpen their competitive edge.
Join us Sept 20-21 for “Leading at the Speed of Trust”, a two-day seminar based on the #1 best-selling book by Stephen M.R. Covey. Find out how trust, an often-ignored asset or liability, can be a strategic economic driver. Learn how doing business at the Speed of Trust can dramatically lower costs, speed upresults, and increase profits.
October 17 & 18 the EEC welcomes Laura M. Downing, one of the founders and senior executive leaders of Balanced Scorecard Collaborative together with Drs. Kaplan and Norton. Attend an evening presentation and/or a full-day seminar and hear how the BSC framework has helped thousands of organizations worldwide align their metrics, projects, and people to their strategy—for breakthrough results. Learn how to institutionalize strategic thinking in your own organization.
On November 28, Chris McChesney, best-selling co-author, leadership consultant, executive advisor, and highly sought after speaker will discuss the principles described in his book “The Four Disciplines of Execution”. Attend this session and learn about most powerful methodology available today for translating business strategyinto laser-focused action.
Register online! www.unb.ca/cel/exed
For more information contact:  Sheila Burt, Director, Executive Education Centre 506-452-6159 or execed@unb.ca

Bank of Montreal Grand Opening on King Street!

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR LEASE

4 LANDING COURT, QUISPAMSIS

(formerly occupied by NB Liquor)

9200 sq ft – may be subdivided

Contact: Kendall 640-1224 or Jennifer 645-1955

Join in on the fun!!!!!

Celebrate Saint John's first international sculpture symposium with a flash freeze mob on the Market Square boardwalk!

On Saturday, August 18th, at 1:45pm, participants will gather on the Market Square boardwalk (or in the Market Square atrium if it's raining). At 2pm, a whistle will sound, and everyone will freeze like statues for a total of 2 minutes. When the whistle blows again after 2 minutes, everyone will resume normal activity, as if nothing out of the ordinary has even taken place.

If you would like to be a part of this exciting event, please email Pippa at pippa.wennberg@gmail.com, or just show up on the boardwalk on August 18th at 1:45pm! Tell your friends about this, too, because we're hoping to have a huge crowd of "frozen" people!

Please help Pippa Wennberg by attending and participating in this extrodinary event.  She is trying to keep it a secret from the artists and interns!!!!! 

Please pass on this email to your family and friends.  See you on the 18th!!!

CBC Television's The BIG Decision is looking for Canadian Companies

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Trade Mission to the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica - October 14-20, 2012

Mark your calendar! 

World Trade Centre Atlantic Canada, in collaboration with Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Port Saint John, invites New Brunswick companies to visit the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica in October 14-20, 2012. The mission builds upon the incoming trade mission from these markets to New Brunswick in June 10-14, 2012. 
Tentative mission program:
Sunday, Oct 14 - delegates travel to the Dominican Republic
Mon, Oct 15 - Tue, Oct 16 - DR business program
Wed, Oct 17 - travel from the Dominican Republic to Costa Rica
Thu, Oct 18 - Fri, Oct 19 - CR business program
Sat, Oct 20 - travel back to Canada

For the registration form click here. You can also register online at http://www.wtcac.com/en/home/events/doing-business/default.aspx 
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Yuliya Vodyanytska at 902-421-1302 ext. 2270 or by email atyuliya@tclns.com


Registration Package:

1 market - $750.00 plus 13% HST = $847.50
2 markets - $1,000.00 plus 13% HST = $1,130.00

Includes:

- Business program in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica (group and one-on-one business meetings)
- Ground transportation for one-on-one meetings, group meetings, tours, and airport transfers
- Networking receptions
- Translation/interpretation (if required)

Deadline to register is September 10, 2012.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Yuliya Vodyanytska at 902-421-1302 ext. 2270 or by email at yuliya@tclns.com
We look forward to hearing back from you!

A unique community event and fundraiser for First Steps - Saint John Touch a Truck!

UNB Names New Chair and Vice-Chair for Board of Governors

Kathryn McCain, chair of the McCain Foundation, has been appointed chair of the University of New Brunswick's Board of Governors for a two-year term, which began July 1. She was previously vice-chair of the board.

Brian Baxter, CEO of Botsford Investments Inc., has been appointed board vice-chair for a two-year term. Baxter is a former member of UNB's Board of Governors, as well as former chair and CEO of Oulton College.

More information on UNB's new board appointments can be found through the following link: 

http://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2012/08/01/mccain-and-baxter-appointed-to-new-positions/

For more information or to book an interview contact: Greg Carriere at gregoire.carriere@unb.ca or 506-453-4546

UNB opens autism intervention training program to the public

The University of New Brunswick's College of Extended Learning is now offering its award-winning, evidence-based Autism Support Training program to the public. 

The renowned program, designed to equip people with the tools they need to support individuals with autism, was developed for the New Brunswick Department of Education. Previously, the program was available only to teachers, teacher assistants, clinical supervisors and autism support workers connected to the department.

Now, the program is available to physicians, parents, daycare workers and anyone else who would like to learn more about working with individuals living with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The College of Extended Learning has made it a priority to expand all of its offerings related to behavioural intervention training to make those essential training programs available to the public.

For more information or to book an interview contact: Belinda Elliott-Bielecki at belinda@unb.ca or 506-453-4848 

Looking for a good business story? Check out these from UNB's Faculty of Business Administration

The University of New Brunswick's Faculty of Business Administration shines the spotlight on interesting research and initiatives in its regular "Ideas with Impact" newsletter. 

The July/August edition features stories, among others, on social media's impact on workplace communications and on the impact of organizational justice on workforce retention.

The full stories are available here:

http://www.unb.ca/fredericton/business/ideas_with_impact/ideas_with_impact_vol1_no8.pdf

More more information or to book an interview, contact: Liz Lemon-Mitchell at llemonmi@unb.ca or 458-7492

Paramount Film Release

For Immediate Release

Saint John, New Brunswick,

August 14, 2012

The Paramount is a documentary about a community cinema in danger of demolition. The film follows a community activist as he tries to raise support for a new vision to save the Paramount Theatre in Saint John New Brunswick. 
New Brunswick television production company Hemmings House Pictures is pleased to announce the broadcast premiere of The Paramount. The documentary will air on CBC television and the Documentary Channel.
The Paramount Theatre has sat vacant and decayed at the edge of Saint John’s King’s Square for almost a decade. The owner of the building has been planning its demolition. Mike McDonald is a lifetime Saint John resident who feels that if the building is torn down it will be devastating for the core of the city’s Uptown arts and cultural communities. This is a viewpoint that has caused mixed reactions in the community. The Paramount follows McDonald over a period of a few months as he tries to gain support and defend his vision.
Mike McDonald travels to other communities to learn about cultural infrastructures, heritage buildings, urban design, and the history of motion pictures. He travels to Bangor ME, Chicago IL, Los Angeles CA, and Ottawa ON, for a fact finding mission that he hopes will energize the community for one last fight to raise enough money to purchase, revitalize, and reopen the Paramount Theatre as 2nd run cinema and performing arts venue.
Producer and director Greg Hemmings feels that this is an important story to tell the world. “This is not a story about a small decaying theatre in a small city on the East Coast of Canada. This is a story of universal values that people around the world can relate to. I hope that this film will encourage people to look at their own communities in a different way, and appreciate the treasures that they have before they loose them. This is not a film to encourage people to save old buildings, but to appreciate, value and not take them for granted.”
Local historian Harold Wright sees this story as a reminder of the rich history Saint John had in the entertainment business over the years. “Tearing a building like the Paramount Theatre down is not just an architectural loss, it is also the destruction of an icon that represented an era where Saint John was a thriving port city with a lot going on. Rebuilding the Theatre would represent a move back in the direction of a prosperous city. Hemmings House did a great job capturing all sides of this story and it will be a great film to share to the rest of the country and beyond.”
The first broadcast of The Paramount will be exclusively aired on CBC Atlantic, Saturday August 25th at 8pm.
Watch The Paramount promo video here: https://vimeo.com/31338956

For additional information:
Greg Hemmings
506 639 6577
greg@hemmingshouse.com
www.hemmingshouse.com

Business Immigrant Mentorship Program

Click here for information on the Business Immigrant Information Session.
Click here for information on the Business Mentor Information Session.
Click here for information on the 3 day seminar open to all newcomers on "Doing Business in New Brunswick."

UNB Fall 2012 Professional Development Seminars

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Saint John Job Postings

Big Brothers Big Sisters has two job postings:
Public Relations Officer- click here for information
Go Girls Program Coordinator-click here for more information

The Canada Europe Round Table for Business Presents Gateway to Opportunity August 13th

click here for all the information and registration form.