The Bank of Montreal in Grande Prairie celebrated their 100 Anniversary! The bank operated back in 1918 as a merchant’s bank. John MacAulay, BMO's Regional President for Prairies and NWT, explained “this is one of the largest branches in my division....expands into Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and NWT”   MacAulay recently hired Alicia Abballe as Regional Vice President, Personal Banking.  She moved from Toronto to assume a new role here.  It’s been over 15 years since this region had a regional VP.