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Robert Silliker

Rain Delay

August 7, 2014 3:24 pm Published by

Hello Folks!

The summer is quickly coming to an end, but it won’t go quietly. Tropical storm Arthur slammed many of us on the east coast, including my home near Fredericton, and the mill here in Nackawic, NB. I know this news is a few weeks past, but I realized I had forgotten to mention it.

I won’t bore you all with a sob story about myself;


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From Fire To Foam

July 25, 2014 9:46 am Published by

Hello folks!

Earlier in the week, in my blog titled “A Fiery Situation”, I mentioned how the local Fire Station and City Hall were on fire. Well, the good news is that the buildings survived, but there is approximately $1.5million in damages to the fire trucks and structure. It was also fairly unique to see that this small town had made national news for the incident.


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A Fiery Situation

July 21, 2014 2:16 pm Published by

Hello again folks,

The summer heat is making it far too hot to survive in the mill today, so I figured it is the perfect day to touch base with the Bloggers out there. A lot has happened since the last time I wrote, including a shutdown and a visit from a company with an interesting method of displaying their products.


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A Surprising Scale

June 17, 2014 7:03 pm Published by

Hello again folks, and welcome back to another blog from AV Nackawic. Since writing my last blog, I’ve had a lot of new experiences here in Nackawic. The most startling aspect of my job is the scale at which everything happens. Every couple of days I will be in a different part of the mill and I will see something that is much bigger that I imagined it would be.


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A Mountain of Paperwork

June 3, 2014 2:25 pm Published by

I would like to start my blog by expressing my gratitude to AV Nackawic for their willingness to be involved with such an incredible program, and to the Forest Products Association of Canada for organizing these opportunities. These student positions give us the opportunity to experience an industry setting before we graduate from our respective universities. If it wasn’t for these opportunities,


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