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Former Moncton MP and well-known volunteer advocate Claudette Bradshaw will be guest speaker at a two-day conference entitled Creating Community Collaborations: A Rural-Urban Exchange, set for June 2-3 at Mount Allison University.

The bilingual event is for community non-profit organizations, voluntary groups and community stakeholders across all sectors to connect and learn from each other, says one of the event organizers, Debbie McInnis, Executive Director of the United Way of Greater Moncton and Southeastern New Brunswick Region Inc.

The conference is being organized by United Way of GMSENB, the Tantramar Family Resource Centre, the Moncton Regional Learning Council and Mount Allison.

Former MP Claudette Bradshaw, chair of the Premier's Task Force on the Community Non-Profit Sector, and Dr. J. Fraser Mustard, founder of the Council for Early Child Development will be among the guest speakers.

Interested non-profit and voluntary organizations are also being invited to set up booths at the conference's Information and Service Fair.

For information on registration, or to book space for a booth at the Information and Service Fair, contact Melissa Atkinson at office@moncton.unitedway.ca or phone 858-8600.

Atlantic Lottery wins awards

Michelle Carinci, president and CEO of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, was recently named as one of Atlantic Canada's top 50 CEOs in 2008 by Atlantic Business Magazine.

ALC's Senior Vice-President of Customer Relations and Operations, Adrienne O'Pray, was recently named one of Canada's Top 40 under 40 executives.

Meanwhile, Atlantic Lottery's Social Responsibility and Communications division has also won a Gold Quill Award from the International Association of Business Communicators in the Crisis Communications/Issues Management category for their work around player confidence in 2007. The award will be presented in June at a gala celebration in New York City.

Alleged investment scammers shut down

The New Brunswick Securities Commission has issued a temporary cease-trade order against Goldpoint Resources Corporation, Lino Novielli, Brian Moloney, Evanna Tomeli, Robert Black, Richard Wylie, Jack Anderson and Jim Corcoran (together the respondents). The commission issued the temporary cease-trade order, effective immediately, following a hearing Monday.

Goldpoint Resources Corporation presents itself as a company selling investments in a potential gold mine in Ghana, West Africa. Staff of the commission allege that this company was using a "virtual" office in Toronto, Ontario and soliciting New Brunswick investors by phone. Potential clients were referred to a website that staff allege was copied from another website to make the operation appear legitimate to any potential investor.

An investigation indicated they were not registered with the commission.

The commission issues temporary cease-trade orders where there is the potential of immediate public harm. A further hearing will be held May 26, to determine whether the temporary cease-trade order should be permanent.

"New Brunswick investors must be cautious when making investment decisions with strangers offering good deals, particularly over the phone," said Rick Hancox, executive director of the commission.

If you have been contacted by a person acting on behalf of the people or entities listed above, please call the Commission's Enforcement Division at 1-866-933-2222.

n The Cochrane report appears each Wednesday and Saturday. Items for inclusion may be sent by email to cochrana@timestranscript.com., or by fax to 859-4904.