By Anna Guy
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Through the 1960s to today, High Volt-
age Specialist, PowerTel, has forged the
way in EPC Electrical Contracting—to
date, PowerTel has constructed 1000’s
of kilometers of powerlines in Canada
and the United States for utilities, First
Nations communities, mines, industrial
facilities, and private installations.
P
owerTel was originally the dream of
Clary Gatien, who was an electrical
apprentice at Ontario Hydro in 1939.
In 1950 he went into Manitoba to build
a large Switching Station for his brother
Rene who was the Project Manager. Rene
had been a huge mentor to Clary being 11
years his senior. The two brothers talked
about the future with Rene’s son-in-law
Herb Krueger, graduate of Colorado School
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NOVEMBER 2017
