Good Afternoon, Greetings from beautiful Banff! I'm back from Aquatech Amsterdam and wanted to take a few minutes to talk about products I saw at the show. (I will be talking about the tradeshow itself in a video, so please make sure you are subscribed to our YouTube

Good Afternoon, As a quick housekeeping item, my work plan is always to send this newsletter on Fridays, but the exact time is TBD. Some weeks it's early, and some weeks - like last week in Oslo and today with jet lag after flying home from Amsterdam -

Greetings from Oslo! Norway was not on my bingo card for 2025, but life happens when you're busy making other plans. I am a delegate to the Standards Council of Canada (SCC) which forms the Canadian mirror delegation to International Standards Organization (ISO) Technical Committees. I participate in

Good Morning, People were eating their Wheaties and getting a lot done at work this week. Buckle up, poolies, it's a big newsletter with a real mix of new projects, health & safety, lifeguard lessons, legal, a facility debut and the vlog from a conference I recently attended.

Good Morning, One of the management consulting services we offer is writing documents (procedures, hazard assessments, dosing charts, reference guides, etc.) to operate aquatic facilities. Most people are qualified to write these themselves, but this usually comes up specifically with 1) a new facility seeking an operating permit, or 2)

Good Morning, Some weeks I have no idea what I'm going to talk about in the newsletter, and other weeks it's set very early on. On Monday, February 10, 2025 - while most of us were barely through our first cup of coffee - Acadia University

Good Morning, A few weeks ago, my washing machine started to fail. I wasn't particularly surprised: of the five new Whirlpool appliances that came with the house in 2018, the dishwasher died in 2020 and the oven's been on borrowed time since 2023. I scoured error

Good Morning, After a very long day yesterday, I'm back in Alberta. Air travel 12 hours after an aviation disaster was eerie: I feel like everyone I interacted with (from gate agents to passengers to airport retail staff and flight attendants) was on their best behavior. Usually someone

Good Morning, Happy Friday. I'm in Florida for SGE Camp 2025, an annual conference for aquatic professionals hosted on a cruise ship. Many people have asked me why I attend this conference, so I'll be vlogging it this year similar to the WWA Show and IAAPA