Greetings & Happy Friday, I'm coming to you late this week because I was waiting for inspiration to write the op ed that usually prefaces the news, and I just don't have any wisdom to share with you this week. It's summer: it'

Good Afternoon, I know I said I would take this week off, but there's too much I'd like to share, so I'm back with the weekly newsletter. First, a big thank you to everyone who listened to the audio version of last week'

Greetings, This week's newsletter is updates on big topics & themes we've been covering for the last year, so walk with me. 1) Cultus Lake Waterpark (BC) Regarding last week's electrocution incident at Cultus Lake Waterpark in BC: Initial probe finds 'electrical non-

Greetings, In this week’s newsletter, I want to talk about a situation where a system failed to catch something, while another system succeeded to catch something. The plot twist is that both outcomes are bad. Keep reading to see if you agree with me. I live in the Town

Greetings, We've made it to June. We are one month away from the start of Q3 (July-August-September). Although we don't deliver public shareholder earnings, I find the Q1-Q2-Q3-Q4 business & finance system more useful than semesters/sessions (when I programmed swim

Greetings & Happy Wednesday, Ken Sim, the mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, would like the city to offer free swim lessons. You can read the meeting minutes from the May 20, 2026 Council meeting here. I want to start by saying that I support the idea of free or heavily-

Good Afternoon, Two years ago this week, I was at the Atlantic Recreation Facilities Conference (ARFC) in Saint John, New Brunswick presenting on lifeguard workplace injuries & fatalities - yes, fatalities. That presentation is available on our YouTube channel here, in case you haven't seen it. Sadly, it'

Greetings, Each week I use the start of the newsletter to talk about something that's interesting to me, and this week is no different, but I have two smaller items rather than one big topic. (1) I had an interaction this week that really highlighted to me that