{"id":920,"date":"2021-06-15T21:00:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T13:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/?page_id=920"},"modified":"2021-06-24T03:32:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T19:32:53","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/?page_id=920","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;923&#8243; img_size=&#8221;Large&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623762796435{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]For the timeline[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mvc_timeline_father title=&#8221;Milestones in the history of CREECO&#8221;][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Creation of CREE CONSTRUCTION and DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD.&#8221; date=&#8221;1976&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]Cree Construction was founded to ensure the construction needs were addressed and to create jobs.[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Creation of CREECO&#8221; date=&#8221;1982&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]As permitted under the Act incorporating the Cree Regional Authority and how Board of Compensation came into existence, CREECO was created as a holding company.[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Inauguration of Air Creebec&#8221; date=&#8221;1982&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]Air Creebec was inaugurated on July 5, 1982. It had two aircraft \u2013 one owned and one leased. It operated out of a prefabricated house in Val-d\u2019Or and the only reliable beacon was in Waskaganish. Existing competition (Propair) had aircraft that could carry twice as much as Air Creebec.[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Valpiro is bought by CREECO&#8221; titlealign=&#8221;center&#8221; date=&#8221;1988&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]The company started their operations in August 1971 in Val-d\u2019Or. The services provided were baggage handling and fuel that serviced all the airlines that required it. After several years of operations, the company expanded into cargo handling due to the needs of the Cree communities and the La Grande project.<\/p>\n<p>In August 1988, Creeco bought the company. In Val d\u2019Or and La Grande, the major contract is the food and cargo expedition with the Inuit communities and also different services for mining companies in the north. Throughout the years, the company has built a very good reputation in the aviation field.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;creation of Gestion ADC&#8221; date=&#8221;1996&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;][\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Inauguration of the Quality Inn &#038; Suites Val-d&#8217;Or&#8221; date=&#8221;2011&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]The Quality Inn &amp; Suites Val-d\u2019Or opened in February 2011 a partership with Trahan Holdings and CREECO.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel offers 82 rooms &amp; suites, two executive conference rooms, a private business centre, a complimentary hot breakfast, free Wi-Fi, vast parking, a fitness centre and a public laundromat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;CREECO-Dumas&#8221; date=&#8221;2012&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]Partnership between Creeco and Dumas formed in 2012Partnership between Creeco and Dumas formed in 2012[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Gestion  ADC as independant subsidiary of CREECO&#8221; date=&#8221;2018&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]In 2018, Gestion ADC was&#8230;in[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Quality Inn &#038; Suites Val-d&#8217;Or, 100% fully owned by CREECO&#8221; date=&#8221;2021&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;][\/mvc_timeline_son][\/mvc_timeline_father][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;923&#8243; img_size=&#8221;Large&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1623762796435{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]For the timeline[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mvc_timeline_father title=&#8221;Milestones in the history of CREECO&#8221;][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Creation of CREE CONSTRUCTION and DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD.&#8221; date=&#8221;1976&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]Cree Construction was founded to ensure the construction needs were addressed and to create jobs.[\/mvc_timeline_son][mvc_timeline_son maintitle=&#8221;Creation of CREECO&#8221; date=&#8221;1982&#8243; caption_url=&#8221;&#8221;]As permitted under the Act incorporating the Cree Regional Authority and how Board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":949,"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/920\/revisions\/949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/creeco.ca\/www\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}