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May 18, 2008. The Calgary Herald features an article on West Canadian's own George Brookman and his 2008 Distinguished Business Leader Award.Please click here to read the full articleCALGARY, AB., May 20, 2008 -- West Canadian: new building, new look, same trusted company.
West Canadian, a company that has been in operation in Calgary for more than 50 years and has been in its present location since 1980, is moving to historic Inglewood. "The new building will house our corporate business solutions and our full service digital printing facility. We're proud that our new building has a variety of LEED components, such as a green lawn roof and birdseed walls," said George Brookman, CEO of West Canadian. March 11, 2008 - Over $110,000 in donations for Arcelie Laoagan FundThe community support around Calgary is just amazing! We have surpassed $110,000 in donations for the Arcelie Laoagan Fund. More than 500 individuals and corporations donated to Arcelie's fund. Thanks again to the perfect strangers, friends, customers, suppliers and competitiors of West Canadian for coming together for Arcelie's family. Please see the news release from January 22 below on how you can help. March 4, 2008 - BOSTON - Kirtas Technologies Provides West Canadian With the Latest in Digitization Quality and Speed |
West Canadian Digital Imaging Inc. today unveiled its new revitalized corporate identity. The new brand is designed to reflect the exciting changes that are taking place in 2008 for West Canadian, while still being recognizable to their current and past customers.AIIM INTERNATIONAL EXPO AND CONFERENCE -- Kirtas
Technologies, the leader in quality, high-speed, nondestructive book
digitization, today announced it is providing West Canadian Digital Imaging
Inc., a leading provider of document scanning, records management, newspaper
archiving and digital printing services in Canada, with additional solutions
to augment the company's existing offerings to their university and library
customer base.
West Canadian is installing the Kirtas APT BookScan 2400RA(TM), a new,
high-volume fully automated book scanner. The system provides remote access
allowing users to capture raw images in one location and process them at
another. The system will also provide increased storage capacity and a faster
processing speed.
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"We are excited about the opportunities the Kirtas BookScan brings to West Canadian's strategy of delivering rich, clean, digitized quality images of bound books to all Canadian archives, libraries and universities," said Irene Price, president of West Canadian. "The BookScan provides us with the ability to efficiently scan bound collections for the purpose of preservation and research. Archives and collections will be digitally brought to life for the world to see." |
Currently West Canadian provides microfilming and digitization of
newspaper collections for their existing university and library customers. The
new Kirtas APT BookScan will allow them to expand their offering to include
digitization of bound book collections.
"Digitization of bound documents-particularly the collections held at
universities and libraries-provides an entirely new generation of users with
electronic access to historic documents", said Kirtas CEO and Founder Lotfi
Belkhir. "West Canadian realizes what a tremendous value this is to their
customers, and Kirtas is excited to be supporting them as they deliver this
significant capability."
About Kirtas Technologies
Since the company was founded in 2001, Kirtas Technologies has pioneered
and perfected the technology used today in quality, high-speed, nondestructive
mass book digitization. The company's revolutionary technology redefines
digitization of all bound documents, delivering the gentlest handling, the
highest image quality, faster and with fewer errors than any other solution in
the marketplace today.
February 2008 - Charmaine Reid's Quest for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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The Olympics will only allow 86 men and 86 women participants for the Badminton competition - the top 38 male participants in men's singles, the top 38 female participants in women's and top 32 pairs each in men's, women's and mixed doubles competition based on the international badminton rankings.
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Charmaine Reid is currently ranked 49th in women's singles. Charmaine and her partner, Fiona McKee, rank 34th in women's doubles. Charmaine and Fiona are just a few wins away from securing one of the qualifying doubles spots. To track Charmaine's progress please click on the link below. |
January 29, 2008 - Over $30,000 in donations for Arcelie Laoagan Fund
Great news - we surpassed $30,000 in donations today for the Arcelie Laoagan Fund!! The amazing stories just keep coming as more people hear about Arcelie's story. Both corporate and individual donations continue to come in from the many friends of West Canadian as well as caring citizens of Calgary with no direct connection to Arcelie or West Canadian. Thank you so much! Please see the news release from January 22 below on how you can help. We will continue to update the progress.
January 25, 2008 - Arcelie Laoagan Fund donations exceed $20,000
Thank you to all who have donated so generously to the Arcelie Laoagan Fund. With just over $20,000 so far, we have covered the funeral and transportation expenses of approximately $15,000. That leaves $5,000 in the fund for Arcelie's five boys. We really need to keep this going to continue her dream of having her children come to Canada. Please see the news release from January 22 below on how you can help.
January 24, 2008 - Police arrest suspect in Arcelie Laoagan homicide
Police announced that they have made an arrest in Arcelie Laoagan's murder case. They released the information tonight, just moments after Arcelie's memorial service at the Calgary Full Gospel Church. Mourners at the service erupted when told of the news. Click here for the full story.
January 22, 2008 - How to contribute to the Arcelie Laoagan Fund
On behalf of Arcelie's family and West Canadian, we thank you very much for your overwhelming support. We have received countless calls at West Canadian from customers, friends and industry competitors asking how they can help. We appreciate the support and can't thank you enough.
Here is how you can help:
- Click here to download a donation form (PDF format)
- Fill out the form
- Make cheque payable to the "Filipino Catholic Society"
- Mail or drop off your cheque/cash (do not mail cash) to West Canadian at 901-10th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2R 0B5 ATTN: Arcelie Laoagan Fund
- Alternatively, our West Canadian delivery team would be happy to pick up your donation (within Calgary). Call our dispatch line at 541-5200 and indicate that the pick up is for a donation cheque.
- Tax receipts will be issued for donations of $25.00 or more
Funds will be used to cover funeral expenses and transportation costs to the Philippines which will total about $15,000. Donations surpassing the $15,000 mark will be put into an account for Arcelie's children to help continue her dream of bringing her boys to Canada.
January 21, 2008 - Fund being set up on behalf of Arcelie Laoagan
We regretfully announce that one of West Canadian's employees, Arcelie Laoagan, was reported missing on Thursday evening January 17th, 2008. Subsequently, on Friday January 18th in the morning, a body was found near the Franklin LRT station in Calgary which was later identified as Arcelie.
West Canadian and its employees are deeply saddened by these events and we are in the process of working with Arcelie's family to establish a legacy fund. Arcelie, originally from the Philippines, moved to Canada three years ago with the goal of bringing her five children and husband to Canada for a better life. Arcelie's co-workers at West Canadian say she always walked into a room with a smile and was an extremely hard worker that they could depend on.
To start it off, West Canadian is donating $10,000 to the family's fund. There will be more specific information soon on how the public can contribute. In the meantime, please call West Canadian's head office in Calgary at 245-2555 or 1-800-267-2555. We will take your name and call you back once we have details on the exactly who to make your cheque out to.
West Canadian has also donated $10,000 to the Calgary Crimestoppers program. We hope this helps raise the awareness of the Crimestoppers program and remind people that every bit of information helps. Anyone who has any information on this case should call Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or submit a TIP online at the Crimestoppers website.
January 4, 2008 - Global National Television interview with West Canadian CEO George Brookman
January 4, 2008 - Calgary Herald article re West Canadian's new building in Inglewood
Click here to view the article.
November 19, 2007 - Charmaine Reid continues Olympic Badminton quest.
After some great results at a tournament in Norway last weekend, Charmaine Reid is en route to China to continue her quest for a berth on the 2008 Canadian Olympic Badminton Team. The doubles team of Reid and Fiona McKee are currently ranked 30th in the world. Keep going Charmaine - we're behind you all the way!
July 6, 2007 - George Brookman is tough enough to wear pink during the Calgary Stampede Parade.
George Brookman, CEO of West Canadian and President & Chairman of the Board of the Calgary Stampede blended in with tens of thousands of Calgarians and visitors that were "tough enough to wear pink" during the Calgary Stampede's "30-Hours of Tough" campaign. The campaign raised over a half million dollars for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Alberta/NWT Chapter. For more information on the "30-Hours of Tough" campaign click here.
May 18, 2007 - Charmaine Reid and Fiona McKee win gold...
Reid and McKee defeated the U.S. Women's Badminton doubles team of Lee and Mangkalakiri to take gold in the 2007 Pan American Badminton Championships last night. George Brookman was at the event to cheer them on.
May 16, 2007 - Charmaine Reid continues to amaze...
This morning in the Pan American Badminton Championships singles quarter-final, Charmaine Reid defeated Brazilian Paula Beatriz Pereira. Then, in the doubles quarter-final, Reid and her partner McKee, defeated the USA team of Coleman & Kesythelyi. The semi-finals take place tonight at the Calgary Winter Club; starting at 6:00 pm. Reid is up against Peru in both singles and doubles matches. Good luck from the team at West Canadian!
March 25, 2007 - Canada's Charmaine Reid and Fiona McKee Win Badminton Gold in Romania!
West Canadian-sponsored Charmaine Reid and her partner, Fiona McKee have won their first International gold medal in women's doubles at the Banuinvest International Badminton Championships in Romania. They beat the home team Romanians in a very tight match. Charmaine and Fiona are off to Finland for one last tournament before returning to Canada to prepare for Olympic Qualifying which begins in May. The Pan American Championships are in Calgary May 15-19, 2007 so come out and show your support for Charmaine and the rest of the Canadians.
November 6, 2006 - We're growing in Edmonton!
It didn't take long to outgrow our Edmonton plant. We have tripled our space and have a fantastic new facility at 10567 - 109 Street, just a half block north of Grant MacEwan College. Check out our business centre - self serve computers, copiers and printers, laptop plug-ins, internet access and a video conferencing room at your convenience from 7 to 11, Monday to Friday.
New Additions to the WC Sales Team
Our Edmonton office is also pleased to have Terry Masson join the team as Divsion Manager - Document Management Solutions. Terry has over 20 years experience in records management and electronic document management solutions. Please feel free to give Terry a call at (780) 424-1000.
In Calgary, please welcome Kevin Marshall as Account Manager - Digital Printing and Reprographics. Kevin has 10 years of sales experience with the last 4 years at Rileys Reproductions and Printing. Kevin is looking forward to sharing his extensive knowledge of the digital print business with West Canadian's customers. Kevin can be reached at (403) 541-6427.
Calgary Plant Relocating to Inglewood in 2008
After almost 30 years in our current location on the corner of 8th Street and 10th Avenue SW, we have sold our building and purchased land in historic Inglewood. Plans have been submitted to the City for a brand new West Canadian facility to be constructed on the corner of 9th Avenue and 15th Street SE. At 50,000 square feet, the four-storey brick building will enable us to streamline the operation and support our expansion plans. Watch for updates on the progress!
