This year will be my 7th year running. Running is now so very much a part of me that is hard to picture myself that there was a time when I was not running. But actually I was that way for the first 55 years of my life. It all started at a running club…
In my 20 plus years in well drilling, I was involved in some pretty amazing projects. Such as being involved with drilling a 42 inch, 202 foot mine ventilation shaft hole that finished off 5 feet into solid bedrock in Northern Quebec. Or working several months while drilling monitoring wells at the now closed Keele…
Just the other day I was conversing on my Twitter timeline with a lady who was grieving the loss of her father. Her fear that after the funeral and with people getting back with their own lives, her dad would be forgotten. This was a very legitimate fear. Using my own dad as an example…
It is a question I will first hear near around the beginning of December, but as the 25th of the month approaches, the question comes my way more and more frequently. Are you ready for Christmas? For my family, Christmas is pretty low key. My wife’s side of the family is either on the other…
While this part of Canada is experiencing some absolutely beautiful sunny weather our news channels are feeding us images of areas of the Caribbean, Florida and a week ago in Texas that have been devastated by hurricanes. It would be so difficult to prepare for a storm of the magnitude of Hurricane Irma. You know…
This coming Wednesday March 22nd is the United Nations World Water Day. Every year it is about taking action to tackle the water crises that our world faces. On the UN website it mentions today there are over 663 million people without a safe water supply close to home. So many people spend countless hours…
This past Wednesday March 8, 2017 was our annual International Women’s Day. It is a global day recognised by the United Nations that celebrates the cultural, economic, political and social achievements of women. But the day is also very important to bring awareness that we still need to do better to bring about gender parity.…
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