Katie Crysdale

Good Morning, Based on conversations about Cyclospora from contaminated iceberg lettuce (and the confusing back & forth on who is to blame) I thought this would be a good week to talk about the basics of sanitation and what pool water does and does not disinfect. For the purposes of

Good Morning & Happy Wednesday, In recent years, International Lifeguard Appreciation Day has cropped up as a directive to recognize aquatic staff on July 31. In this newsletter, I'm going to tell you why, in my opinion, set dates - invented by companies to sell products & services, see

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'