Northern Sask. residents win ABEX awards
A business and a community leader working in northern Saskatchewan were recognized by the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce with Achievement in Business Excellence awards (ABEX).
Chief Tammy Cook-Searson from the Lac La Ronge Indian Band was recognized as a leader in her community and for her work as President of the Kitsaki Management Limited Partnership. She won the first Community Leader of the Year Award, presented as part of the ABEX awards.
“I feel really good,” Cook-Searson said. “I got a call from Steve McLellan, the CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce… He told me it was recognizing the business ventures we’re in and the work we do with our First Nation.”
Kitsaki Management Limited Partnership is the Lac La Ronge Indian band’s economic development agency. The partnership includes a variety of companies including catering and gravel crushing companies among others.