A breakup in Alberta hands crisis communications firm Navigator a crisis of its own

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Navigator’s Calgary team is breaking away to launch a new public-relations agency called Signal Hill. The split follows a failed attempt by senior employees to buy control of the company from founder Jaime Watt. Navigator is now navigating leadership transition and ownership questions while trying to keep its Western Canada business intact. The move reflects a broader succession dispute and a desire among the departing executives to keep more of the business and its fees. The article also places the split in the context of past departures from other Navigator offices.

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