Baytex Energy Trust (TSX:BTE.UN, NYSE:BTE) will appoint Raymond Chan as executive chairman effective Jan. 1. Chan has served as CEO since the inception of the trust in 2003.

Anthony Marino will be promoted to the positions of president, CEO and a director of Baytex on Jan. 1 as well. Marino has served as president and COO since November 2007. Baytex is a conventional oil and gas income trust based in Calgary.

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Michael Lambert has joined the Forzani Group Ltd. (TSX:FGL), Canada's largest retailer of sporting goods, as CFO. Lambert brings experience in senior financial and executive management roles with a number of Canadian organizations. FGL also announced an expanded role for Richard Burnet as senior VP of administration, in addition to his current tasks of overseeing financial management of the business. The Forzani Group is headquartered in Calgary.

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Peter Adams, CEO of The Churchill Corp. (TSX: CUQ), has set his retirement date from the Edmonton company for the end of the fiscal year. The Churchill Corp. provides building construction, industrial construction and maintenance services throughout Western Canada.

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Roadking Travel Centres Inc. has appointed Greg Spicer as interim president and CEO, and Alan Tookey as Roadking's interim CFO. Spicer previously held these positions in other corporations, as well as being a senior underwriter and consultant in the M&A field. Tookey is a CA and has served as CFO with other corporations over his career. These appointments come after the severing of Glen Hommy as president and CEO, and Paul Teolis as COO, following the sale of the Calgary Roadking. Hommy continues to be a director. Roadking says it has applied to the ASC and the BCSC for a full revocation of the cease-trade order that has been in place since May 2005. Based in Sherwood Park, Roadking is dedicated to providing hospitality and fuel services to the highway traveler, local communities and the commercial driver/trucking industry.

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Canadian Quantum (NEX:CQM.H) has appointed Michael Koenig as CFO. The Calgary junior energy company is active in the Quebec Lowlands Shale Play.

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Following the sale by Costa Energy Inc. (NEX:COE.H) of its wholly owned subsidiary, Costa Resources Ltd., which held the Calgary company's oil and gas assets, Terry Brooker has resigned as president and CEO but will remain a director. Brooker is succeeded by David Campbell, who previously was VP and CFO. Costa says it has begun the process of identifying suitable acquisition targets.

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Guy Farebrother, previously chairman of the board and VP of operations for ILI Technologies (TSXV:ILI), has assumed the roles of president and CEO to guide ILI through a corporate and management restructuring. He remains a director. Serge Bonnet, previously president, assumes the role of COO. In further company moves, Shamel Costandy becomes CFO. Prior to joining ILI, he was the financial controller of Stem Cell Therapeutics. Based in Calgary, ILI manufactures and markets products for the international oil and gas industry.

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Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. (TSX:GTK), a provider of broadband technology services to the hospitality industry, says Geoff Clark has resigned as CFO. David Simpson, who has been the company's controller for two years, has been named acting CFO. Guest-Tek's head office is in Calgary, with major support facilities in Irvine, Calif., and Warsaw, Poland.

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Rob Hunt, the president of Horizon North Logistics Inc. (TSX:HNL), has left to pursue new opportunities. Ric Peterson, chairman and CEO, has assumed the duties of president. HNL provides resource companies with mobile structures, camp management and catering, matting solutions and northern marine services. Its head office is in Calgary.

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Enerplus Resources Fund (TSX: ERF.UN, NYSE:ERF) has made two appointments: Robert Kehrig becomes VP of resource development and Ken Young becomes VP of land. Kehrig joined Enerplus in 2002 as manager of business development. Young is a land professional with more than 25 years of experience. Calgary-based Enerplus is one of North America's largest conventional oil and natural gas income funds.

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Ron Cawston has resigned as president and CEO from Twin Butte Energy Ltd. (TSX:TBE). Jim Saunders, the chairman of the board, has assumed those roles on a permanent basis. Saunders is the founder of Twin Butte. The company is a junior gas producer with expanding operations in northeastern British Columbia and its head office in Calgary.

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In conjunction with cost-control initiatives by TVI Pacific Inc. (TSX:TVI), Carl Caumartin is no longer engaged as TVI's VP of exploration. TVI says the current market turmoil has led the company "to defer certain elements of its exploration program.”

Calgary-based TVI is focused on exploring for and producing precious and base metals in the Philippines.

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Robert Gomes will succeed Tony Franceschini as president and CEO of Stantec Inc. (TSX:STN) effective next May 15. Franceschini, who has led the Edmonton-based engineering firm since 1998, will remain as a member of the board. Gomes has been with Stantec for 20 years. He is currently senior VP for the industrial and project management group. Stantec has 150 locations in North America.

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The Executive Women International (EWI) Calgary Chapter has named Joanne Ruston as president. Ruston has been a member of EWI since 1996 and has served on EWI's board over a number of years. EWI is a not-for-profit organization that supports professional women's quests for personal achievement and professional development.
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Jeffrey Kendrick, president, CEO and CFO of Cematrix Corp. (TSXV:CVX), has agreed to step down from the position of CFO as of Dec. 1. The company has hired Bruce McNaught, CA, to fill the CFO role. McNaught brings more than 30 years of financial management experience. Calgary-based Cematrix, through its wholly owned subsidiary, manufactures and supplies technologically advanced cellular concrete products.

- with files from The Canadian Press
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