Fellow Employees, Last year was a challenging

year; thank you for your ef-

fort, energy, resilience and

commitment.

As we start this new year

with greater clarity, a great-

er determination to succeed

and a renewed commitment

to provide exceptional cus-

tomer service, we ask just

one thing from each of you –

be BETTER.

Be better in your work –

think creatively, effi-

ciently and get the de-

tails right.

• Be better with our cus-

tomers – in how you pre-

pare, how you communi-

cate and how you add

value.

• Be better with your

teammates – in how you

support each other, how

you communicate and

how you care about

them as people.

• Be better in your

community – in how you

give of your time and

effort to make your

town, city or neighbor-

hood a great place to

live.

• Be better with our

planet – in how you re-

cycle, minimize your

footprint, and how you

appreciate the natural

beauty around us.

• Be better in your re-

lationships out of the

office – in how you

communicate, encour-

age and support.

• Be better to yourself

– in your self-talk, in

your personal expecta-

tions and in your com-

mitment to being all

that you can be. Be

more thankful.

You control how you ap-

proach your days in and out

of the office. Commit to

being better every day.

Learn more. Be more re-

sponsive. Be more connect-

ed. Be more aware. Be

tougher. Be more resilient.

Be more creative. Be more

present. Just be better.

I would like to personally

THANK everyone for their

contribution towards Grim-

shaw’s continued success.

2016 will prove to be a

challenging year but collec-

tively I know we will have a

Productive, Safe and Suc-

cessful year.

Regards,

Gary Leddy

GOAL # 1

Improve Communica-

tion Across

Organization

2016 CORPORATE GOALS

GOAL # 2

Reduce Total Recorda-

ble Injuries Frequency

to less than 3

GOAL # 3

Reduce Environmental

Footprint

GOAL # 4

Improve Customer Ser-

vice through Service

Failure

Reduction

VP & General Man-

ager’s Message &

2016 Corporate Goals

1

Annual Awards and

Christmas Party

2

Children’s Christmas

Party, Potluck & Cus-

tomer Satisfaction

3

Safety, HR & IT 4

Grande Cache, On

the Road to Quality &

Winter Road Project

5

Inside this issue:

Vice President and General

Manager’s MESSAGE

January 4, 2016 Newsletter—Issue 1

MISSION STATEMENT

We provide reliable Transportation

solutions to our Customers by taking Pride

in our People, Safety, the Environment and

the Communities we service

… Because we live here!!

Congratulations!!!

We are proud of you.

The awards dinner and dance was at

Chateau Louis Hotel on December

5. The food and music were great

and everyone had a fabulous time.

The annual awards are a token of

appreciation for the part you've

played in making the company what

it is today. Your talents, efforts,

commitments and loyalty already

have helped us achieve excellence in

many areas.

We hope the award you received is

one you will be proud to use and

that it will remind you of the com-

pany's appreciation.

SERVICE AWARD

Mary Shewchuk—40 Years Service

Conrad Huculak—35 Years Service

Charles Desjaralis—25 Years Service

Richard Mayuk—25 Years Service

Ron Hummel—20 Years Service

Robert Palmer—20 Years Service

Ken Silver—15 Years Service

10 Years Service

Richard Anderson Brian Gartner

David Bruyere Bradley Hill

David Carr Carol Jeanotte

James Finlayson Garth Johnson

Marianne Furman Douglas Lesh

Shirley Macdonald Leslie Williams

John Zaffino

5 Years Service

Ben Bolton Amanda Shipalesky

Wallace Briggs David Buhler

Robert Harvey Kelly McKort

Anthony Miccolis Gary Northcott

David Reid Neil Ryan

Kelly Sherris Louie Borges

Annual Awards & Christmas Party

SAFETY AWARD

Ian McChesney - 35 Years Safety

Dan Johnson—25 Years Safety

Shane MacDonald-25 Years Safety

Charles Desjarias-20 Years Safety

William Krahn-20 Years Safety

Gordon Loewen-20 Years Safety

Kelly MacDonald-20 Years Safety

Stephen Hardy-15 Year Safety

Daniel Leblanc-15 Years Safety

David Carr –10 Years Safety

Darcy Dickson-10 Years Safety James

Finlayson –10 Years Safety

Richard Hughes-10 Years Safety

25 Years Safe Driving

Harvey Dyck Charles Desjarlais

10 Years Safe Driving

Gerald Crewe Douglas Lesh

Dave Walterhouse Leslie Williams

5 Years Safe Driving

David Buhler Richard Hughes

Neil Kornak Hernan Lopez

Gary Northcott Quentin Riley

SAFE DRIVING AWARD

Page 2

Garth Johnson-10 Years Safety

Douglas Lesh-10 Years Safety

David Reid-10 Years Safety

Leslie Williams-10 Years Safety

Ben Bolton-5 Year Safety

Louis Borges-5 Years Safety

Wallace Briggs-5 Years Safety

David Buhler-5 Years Safety

Robert Harvey-5 Years Safety

Kelly McKort– 5 Years Safety

David Reid-5 Years Safety

Quentin Riley-5 Years Safety

Neil Ryan-5 Years Safety

Kelly Sherris-5 Year Safety

Thank you all for your

participation during our

Silent Auction at our

Annual Awards & Christmas Party.

We raised $2,600 that will go to

Make a Wish

Foundation.

THANK YOU Grimshaw

Trucking for hosting such a

great Children’s Christmas

Party. The food & treats

were great and everyone en-

joyed LZ Trampoline Park.

There were smiles every-

where when Santa arrived

with his sack of presents.

James Finlayson— thank you James for the great

service that we received from you today. From

Bank’s Family in Athabasca

Customer Service Team— Just wanted to say

thank you for the continued great customer service

from you gents and ladies over there! It has been

one heck of a year and your team has been abso-

lutely great to work with! From JRHall-Edmonton

Children’s Christmas Party

Customer Satisfaction

The Office Staff in Edmonton

Terminal had a delightful Christ-

mas Lunch. Everyone shared their

favourite foods. Thank you all for

sharing your sumptuous food espe-

cially those delicious desserts. We

all enjoyed the food & each others

company.

Christmas Lunch Potluck @ Edmonton Terminal

“Alone we can

do so little;

Together we

can do so

much”

- Helen Keller

Newsletter—Issue 1 Page 3

Safety Team—I just wanted to say thank you for the

exceptional service. It was fast and efficient and exact-

ly what customer service should be and it meant a lot to

me. Is there a feedback email address or a customer

service address I could contact? I’d like to share my

good experience and your exceptional work, and if you do

receive any recognition for these types of service I

would love to contribute. From Leon’s Furniture Calgary

Distracted Driving Law in Effect

Effective January 1, 2016 the penalty

for distracted driving in Alberta will

be a $287 fine and three demerit

points. The law applies to all motor

vehicles as defined by the Traffic Safety Act. It restricts drivers

from:

using hand-held cell phones

texting or e-mailing (even when

stopped at red lights)

using electronic devices like lap-

top computers, video games, cameras,

video entertainment displays and pro-

gramming portable audio players (e.g.,

MP3 players)

entering information on GPS units

reading printed materials in the

vehicle

writing, printing or sketching

personal grooming (brushing and

flossing teeth, putting on makeup,

curling hair, clipping nails or shaving)

The law applies to all roads in Alber-

ta. Tickets for distracted driving are

issued to the driver of the vehicle

There are many new exciting

technology plans in the works to

make everyone’s job easier, stay

tuned!

We have developed a Technology Plan that will make Grimshaw Trucking leading edge in technology

within the Mullen Group and the industry.

We would like to send out a Big Thank You to all our City P&D Drivers for making this happen. You are a very important part of us moving forward and we appreciate your efforts.

Another accomplishment is our Online Order Entry for pickups on our Website! We currently have

two customers using this regularly. This may not seem like a lot, but this is huge step for us. We are

going to continue to market this and are open to any ideas you may have on getting our customers to

use our website.

Please feel free to contact us with any feedback or questions at linc@gtlp.ca.

Safety Corner

L.I.N.C.

average weekly wages and salaries in

Canada. Contributors who earn more

than $54,900 in 2016 are not re-

quired or permitted to make addition-

al contributions to the CPP. The basic

exemption amount for 2016 remains

$3,500. The employee and employer

contribution rates for 2016 will re-

main unchanged at 4.95%, and the

self-employed contribution rate will

remain unchanged at 9.9%. The maxi-

mum employer and employee contribu-

tion to the plan for 2016 will be

$2,544.30 each and the maximum

self-employed contribution will be

$5,088.60. The maximums in 2015

were $2,479.95 and $4,959.90.

By: Government of Canada

Canada Revenue Agency announces

maximum pensionable earnings for

2016. The Canada Revenue Agency

announced today that the maximum

pensionable earnings under the Cana-

da Pension Plan (CPP) for 2016 will be

$54,900—up from $53,600 in 2015.

The new ceiling was calculated ac-

cording to a CPP legislated formula

that takes into account the growth in

Human Resources Corner

Page 4 Newsletter Title

LOST TIME CLAIM

Thank you everyone for

working safe. We have

achieved 426 days without a

loss time claim !!

small group of geologists in the field

to having multiple offices and opera-

tions across the country. De Beers

has two producing mines, one ad-

Congratulations Grimshaw Trucking

for being awarded work on the Ice

Road again this year.

Since 1888, De Beers has been in-

volved in all aspects of the diamond

business. From its mining operations

across Africa, and most recently Can-

ada, the company produces about 35

per cent of the world’s supply of

rough diamonds.

De Beers has been active in Canada

for nearly 50 years, growing from a

vanced exploration project and a tar-

geted exploration strategy within

Canada. Metshaw Freighters has suc-

cessfully secured the majority of the

transportation work for the GahCho

Kue Mine for the 2015 – 2016 season.

Grande Cache

Winter Road Project

We successfully had 171 employees

attended the On the Road to Quality

Training. Through your commitment

to training we were able to achieve

our Corporate Goal last year .

Thank you to all our trainers (Shirley

Mcdonald, Olga Genovey, Amanda

Shipalesky and Jessica Langford) for

your passion to teach and for sharing

your knowledge to our employees.

On the Road to Quality

“The beautiful

thing about

learning is that no

one can take it

away from you”

-B.B.King

Newsletter—Issue 1 Page 5

This is Rick Lee's ( Grimshaw

Trucking) new home in Grande

Cache which is on a shared fa-

cility with our sister company

Majestic Oilfield.

This facility makes it so our

people in Grande Cache can now

load and unload freight inside

the tent out of the elements

and we no longer lease a poorly

suited building for our needs.