News release

Contact: Karl Kopan  525-8014

Alberta-Pacific a 2010 Macleans top 100 Canadian employer

Boyle, AB, Oct. 8, 2009 – Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc. (Al-Pac) has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for the third year running.

Macleans magazine, in partnership with Mediacorp Canada Inc. and the Globe and Mail, determined the list of 2010 Top 100 companies by examining the recruitment histories of over 75,000 Canadian employers. From this initial group Mediacorp invited 16,000 employers to submit an application plus those of another 8,000 companies it wanted to examine more closely.

These employers were evaluated in eight key areas: physical workplace; work atmosphere and social; health, financial and family benefits; vacation and time off; employee communications; performance management; training and skills development and community involvement. The employers on the resulting list were each identified as having exemplary workplace environments.

“We are honored to again be named as one of Canada’s Top 100 employers because it provides outside validation that our workplace is one which can compete against the highly competitive job market in northeastern Alberta,” says Al-Pac’s vice-president of human resources Derek Getty. “We will continue to adjust our programs to meet the needs of our team members and the changing employment market.”

Among the company’s attributes presented in its application are company-wide profit sharing, comprehensive and competitive benefits, industry leading training, workplace flexibility and subsidized community volunteering. The company also provides team members with a four-day workweek, on-site driving range, 16-hectare trout pond, fitness centre and walking trails. Detailed reasons for selection are available by visiting www.Eluta.ca and accessing the link to Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries Inc.

For more information about Al-Pac or Canada’s top 100 companies visit www.alpac.ca or www.macleans.ca

Al-Pac is North America's largest single-line kraft pulp mill, producing 650,000 air-dried metric tonnes of bleached hardwood and softwood pulp annually. The company’s 450 team members are focused on producing quality pulp for customers around the world and environmental leadership. In 2005, Al-Pac received Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, a leading standard that embraces social and environmental values along with sound forest management and manufacturing practices.