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CANDIAC, QC, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades today announced that its Cascades(®) Antibacterial paper towel has received Gold honors - the highest available - in the Edison Awards Consumer Packaged Goods: Cleaning Solutions category. The award, named after Thomas Edison, was bestowed to Cascades in a special gala held last night in Chicago and came by way of an international judging panel of more than 3,000 business executives, academics and leaders in the fields of...
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades Inc. invites you to its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on Thursday, May 9, at 10:00 a.m., at the PHI Centre, 407 Saint-Pierre Street, in Montréal (QC). During this meeting, Cascades' management will present the achievements and highlights of fiscal year 2012, the 2013 first quarter results as well as the Corporation's plans for the future. The meeting will be followed by a press conference at 11:00...
MONTREAL, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Today, Alain Lemaire, in the company of his brothers Bernard and Laurent Lemaire, announced that he will be passing the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Cascades to Mario Plourde, now Chief Operating Officer of the company. The transfer will take place on May 9, following a two-year transition period. Lemaire made this important announcement this morning at a press conference. He also indicated that he will continue to...
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades (TSX: CAS) released yesterday the name of the winner of the fourth edition of the Sustainable Supplier Award, a contest that aims to recognize best business practices in sustainable development among its suppliers. Created by the company's Corporate Procurement Department, this award enables Cascades to publicly acknowledge the efforts of its suppliers that have had positive repercussions on its products, processes or...
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades Inc. (CAS on the Toronto Stock Exchange), leader in the recovery of recyclable materials and the production of packaging and tissue paper products, is pleased to announce changes to its management team. Suzanne Blanchet, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tissue Group, is making the announcement on behalf of the company. The President of Tissue Group is appointing Jean Jobin to the position of Chief Operating Officer....
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades, a leader in recovery and the production of green packaging and tissue products, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hugo D'Amours to the position of Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs. Until last fall, Mr. D'Amours was Director of Media Relations for Quebec Premier Jean Charest. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Public Administration. Over the past 15 years he has developed solid expertise...
Will it spark an earthquake? Fears have arisen over plans to pour 24 million gallons of water - and $43 MILLION - into an Oregon volcano to see if it can create electricity. Geothermal energy developers are planning to pump 24 million gallons of water into a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to see whether it can create a renewable resource of energy that doesn’t rely on the weather. The water will be pumped into Newberry Volcano -- located 20 miles south of Bend, Oregon...
CRATER LAKE, Ore., Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul today announced the release of 1,800 new moving vans showcasing majestic Crater Lake, Nuytco's Deep Rover submersible and the discoveries being made beyond the blue, in the dark depths of the lake. Unlike anywhere else on Earth, with its deep, pure-blue water, serene surrounding cliffs and violent volcanic past, Crater Lake has inspired visitors and scientists alike for more than 100 years. This newest SuperGraphic, honoring the state...
CRATER LAKE, Ore., Aug. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul today announced the release of 1,800 new moving vans showcasing majestic Crater Lake, Nuytco's Deep Rover submersible and the discoveries being made beyond the blue, in the dark depths of the lake. Unlike anywhere else on Earth, with its deep, pure-blue water, serene surrounding cliffs and violent volcanic past, Crater Lake has inspired visitors and scientists alike for more than 100 years. This newest SuperGraphic, honoring the state...
KINGSEY FALLS, QC, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Cascades Inc. (TSX: CAS), a leader in recovery and in green packaging and tissue paper products, announces that it will purchase the remaining 50% of shares that it does not hold in the company Papersource Converting Mill Corp. (Papersource), located in Granby. The cash purchase price for the acquired shares will be approximately $60 million and Cascades will assume a debt of approximately $25 million, for an approximate...
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Mount Rainer National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States. The park holds 236,381 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native American tribes including the Puyallup and Yakama tribes. Many sites were found throughout the park showing evidence of older tribes including rock shelters and projectile points. The establishment of the park began in 1893, when the Pacific Forest Reserve was established. This area included a national forest as well as Mount Rainer and...
Lassen Volcanic National Park is located in the northeastern portion of the state of California in the United States. The park contains 106,452 acres of land that was once inhabited by Native Americans, who knew that the park’s main feature, the Lassen Peak volcano, was full of fire and would erupt at some point. Explorers of European ancestry used this peak in the nineteenth century as a landmark while traveling to Sacramento Valley. One of the guides that accompanied the explorers was...
North Cascades National Park is located in the state of Washington in the United States and was established in 1968. The park holds 504,781 acres and is the largest of three national park areas known as the North Cascades National Park Service Complex. It once contained 318 glaciers, but all of these have retreated at a fast rate and many glaciers have completely disappeared. The largest remaining glacier is Boston Glacier, but other large glaciers include Redoubt, Neve, and McAllister....
Crater Lake National Park is located in the United Sates in southern Oregon and is the fifth established United States national park. The establishment of the park began in 1870, when William Gladstone Steel devoted a large amount of time and money to the area and conducted studies pertaining to the lake and area surrounding it. Steel named many landmarks around Crater Lake including Skell Head and Wizard Island. Steel and his associates pushed Congress to pass the bill establishing Crater...
