By Rajitha Sivakumaran
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W
hen mining companies go into the remote Atha-
basca Basin to conduct mineral exploration and
mining operations, they rely on more than just
high-tech equipment to facilitate their stay. Working in
the background are companies like Saskatchewan-based
Athabasca Catering Limited Partnership (ACLP), which
strives to turn secluded locations in Canada’s northern
areas into a home away from home.
Specializing in food preparation, housekeeping, janitorial,
and camp set-up and management services, ACLP is a
key supplier for Saskatchewan’s resource, construction
and forestry industries and boasts revenues that makes
it truly the largest First Nations remote site camp and ca-
tering provider in Canada with a workforce of 500 to 750
employees depending on business demands. But for Alan
Cole, the company’s newly-hired managing director, that
is not enough. His vision for the company is a grand one,
one that entails crossing borders and diversifying beyond
comfort zones.
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