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July 9, 2018 12:43 pm
Published by Mandy MacRae
Welcome back everyone! The summer weather has finally showed up here in NS. These last two weeks of June have brought some rain and lots of sun, everything is very dry so ill consider the rain “good” weather. There’s actually supposed to be a heat wave across NS for Canada Day weekend, some areas are to expect temperatures up to 40 °C with the humidex.
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July 3, 2018 2:26 pm
Published by Matthew daSilva
Last blog I touched on what happens in the planer. Since I started at the end of the process it only makes sense to go backwards. Before the wood goes through the planer, it must be dried in the kilns. The drying process of wood is crucial to every application of the finished product. It prevents premature decay, increases strength,
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July 3, 2018 12:23 pm
Published by Jessica Rempel
Hello again!
For those of you who read my previous post and played the little game at the end, here’s the truth and lies. Believe it or not, I am just as nerdy as it seems; I do have 50 digits of pi memorized and I can solve a rubik’s cube in 90 seconds. I have also been known to rip a few phone books in half,
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July 3, 2018 10:29 am
Published by Conner Kezema
It has almost been two weeks since I last wrote in this blog and what a two weeks it has been! I cannot believe how quickly time is going by this summer. Weyerhaeuser has given me a large variety of jobs with a differentiating level of difficulty that have all been greatly satisfying to complete. I’ll detail some of those jobs here,
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June 29, 2018 2:47 pm
Published by Alexander Davis
Throughout the first six weeks of work at West Fraser, much chatter amongst the summer students has revolved around potential camping and backpacking trips in the surrounding Cariboo Mountains and beyond; however, due to everyone’s unpredictable and busy schedules, the logistics of such an excursion have proved easier said than done. During the second weekend of June, myself and four other summer students,
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