Her career has been dedicated to Newfoundland and Labrador’s credit union movement. Now’s Allison Chaytor-Loveys is venturing out into the larger world, looking for new ways to tell an old story about fair banking
There’s nothing about Allison Chaytor-Loveys that pegs her as a common, garden-variety banker. She doesn’t look like one. She doesn’t talk like one. Even her name fails to conjure images of write-downs and foreclosure meetings. Of course, she’s perfectly happy with that. “We’re not like traditional banks,” she says from her St. John’s office where, as CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador Credit Union, she presides over eight institutions that manage assets currently worth about $680 million. “Our customers are also our members, and we actually like them.” Read more

Genome Atlantic is helping Atlantic Canada companies use genomic insights for better resource development
Each day, billions of tons of seawater flow through the Bay of Fundy, driven by the bay’s powerful tides. Tracking sea life, particularly swift-moving fish, in that mess of churning water is a challenge, including for tidal power developers who must monitor the environmental impact of their technologies in the bay. “Right now they’re relying heavily on sonar for detecting fish,” says Marc Skinner, a researcher and Stantec’s marine ecology technical leader for Canada.
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