CityWest welcomes Haida Gwaii's Barry Pages to the corporate family

Prince Rupert based communication company CityWest has announced the hiring of Barry Pages to the post of Regional Manager - Haida Gwaii.

In their information release of Friday, the company notes of his long time residency on the Islands and the duties ahead for him as CityWest expands their services to Haida Gwaii. 

The growing Communication services provider observing as to how he will be involved in "building up the CityWest brand presence and driving sales on Haida Gwaii, one of the many places the company is expanding to in the next year."

Towards that work, he will have a full agenda ahead of him as CityWest outlines:

Pages will be very busy as soon as his job starts, as construction of the local Internet infrastructure will start in Masset and Old Massett on January 4. 

And within the next few weeks, construction will begin on the northern leg of the Connected Coast project, an undersea cable project that will bring backbone bandwidth to 139 rural and remote coastal communities along the BC coast, including Haida Gwaii. 

Funded by the provincial and federal governments, the Connected Coast project is co-managed by CityWest and the Strathcona Regional District.

Barry Pages photo courtesy
of CityWest info release

For his part, the newest CityWest employee, who starts his job on Monday, November 15th had much praise for the corporate values from the City of Prince Rupert owned company.

“I’m very excited to join a company that is going to bring much-improved Internet services to Haida Gwaii. On top of that, their corporate values fit perfectly with the values of the island lifestyle on Haida Gwaii – listening to and respecting your neighbours, acting with humility, and doing the right thing.” -- Barry Pages

Mr. Pages is probably no stranger to the work of CityWest, having served as an elected official in Masset since 1993, 14 years on Council and currently as Mayor. 

He is also a member of the North Coast Regional District.

There is so far no indication if the CityWest hiring will mean that he steps down from his positions with the Village  of Masset or North Coast Regional District. 

CityWest CEO Stefan Woloszyn, outlned how the company viewed Mr. Pages as good fit for their Haida Gwaii expansion plans.

“We’re tremendously excited to welcome Barry to our team, not only because of his 28 years of political experience on the island, but also because of his reputation as a person of integrity who has worked with diverse stakeholders to improve his community. Barry is the perfect person to lead our expansion activities on Haida Gwaii.” -- Stefan Woloszyn, CEO of CityWest.

More on the latest hiring from CityWest can be reviewed here.

Further background on the City of Prince Rupert owned communication company can be explored here.