"Hero of Magog" Omer Girard named 2012 Neotelis Telecom Career Service Award Winner

OTTAWA - Canada's Telecommunications Hall of Fame has announced that Omer Girard, a founding father of Canadian cable television, is the 2012 recipient of the coveted Neotelis Canadian Telecom Career Service Award for material contributions to the promotion of telecommunications in Canada. Girard, soon to celebrate his 92nd birthday, was selected to receive the Canadian Telecom Career Service Award for industry leadership and vision, innovation in service and dedication and sacrifice in advancing the interests of the Canadian cable television industry. Omer Girard's outstanding career in the Canadian telecom industry began 55 years ago in 1957 when he established one...