A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
Congratulations to Evan Dunfee
The Occupational Health and Safety team
Sparwood office "Fit Board"
2016 Nicola Valley Canoe Pull
The Restoration of St. Eugene Church
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50 years of service at Trail Operations
The 2016 Excellence Award recipients
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Congratulations to Evan Dunfee, Teck-sponsored athlete and son of Corporate Secretary Karen Dunfee, who came in fourth with a Canadian record time of 3:41:38 in the Men’s 50 km Race Walk at the Rio Summer Olympic Games.
The Occupational Health and Safety team at Carmen de Andacollo Operations held a week-long workshop for employees focused on safely working at heights. The training focused on how to approach the task while working in different types of jobs, and the proper choice and use of equipment.
Linda Deluca, Analyst, Vendor Master Data, poses with the ‘Fit Board’ she created at the Sparwood office. Each month, Linda develops a new board with healthy tips to help keep her fellow employees motivated to stay fit.
70 youth from the Merritt, B.C. area participated in the 2016 Nicola Valley Canoe Pull, including 13 in the Highland Valley Copper (HVC) canoe. The goal of the canoe pull is to build relationships between First Nations youth, the RCMP and the various Indigenous organizations in the area. HVC was part of a working group organizing the event, with employees Mellissa Pinyon and Marlena Anderson on the planning committee. The local leadership from the Nlaka’pamux Bands were in attendance to support and encourage their youth in their journey on the water, as well as Nlaka’pamux elders to ensure the cultural aspects of the event were carried out according to proper protocol and traditional ways.
Thanks to fundraising efforts in the community, including financial support from Teck, the restoration of St. Eugene Church, a historic landmark near Cranbrook, B.C., was completed on August 17, 2016. After more than a century of use, the church had become structurally unstable, and in 2004 the beautiful, but time-worn Victorian building was closed to public use. The restored church is recognized as part of the legacy of the community, and continues to be valued as a place for local celebrations.
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Jack Tavaroli, Electrician (third from right, with his crew) celebrated a record milestone over the summer—50 years of service at Trail Operations. This makes him the longest serving employee currently working at Teck, with the next closest employee at 47 years. Jack is also nearing the record for the longest serving employee at Trail Operations, held by William ‘Mystery’ DiPasqualii, who achieved 52 years of service back in 1967.
The 2016 Excellence Award recipients and their guests participated in a week-long trip to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to experience the Rio Summer Olympic Games in August 2016.
