Name tag mix-up

Name tag mix-up
pinned on De Beers

NNSL (Jan 28/98) - A Natural Resources Canada spokesperson says a mix-up in name tags by the hosts was the cause of an identity crisis at last week's opening of De Beers first Canadian office in Vancouver.

"Four of our employees were invited, but none went," said department press secretary John Embury. "There must have been a mix-up when De Beers made up the name tags."

To the surprise of the Yellowknife delegation who attended the event, a woman named Anne Griffiths, wearing a Natural Resources name tag, promoted Montreal as the ideal place to set up a secondary diamond industry.

Yellowknifer has learned that Griffiths works for Execuspace, a Montreal company that leases office space. She did not return calls requesting an interview.