June 22, 2015 12:00 pm Leave your thoughts
Hello friends,
This week I thought I would share some of my adventures in Grande Prairie and the surrounding area where I have spent the past month experiencing the many events and activities the region has to offer.
To give you a bit of a background, Grande Prairie is located approximately 500 km north of Edmonton and has a population of 55,032 according to the 2011 census.
June 22, 2015 12:00 pm 1 Comment
Well, the two and a half weeks of training are over and my partner Jonathan and I were issued our West Fraser company truck a few weeks ago. It feels really good to finally be able to go out into the Cariboo/Chilcotin wilderness and get to work. One of the most fascinating things has been the drives to our daily work locations,
June 22, 2015 12:00 pm Leave your thoughts
This past week has been quite interesting. As most of you may already know Slave Lake has been very dry this year, and the wildfire hazard has reached extreme status for most of May and June. The Tolko Athabasca division was on high alert due to the Old Smith Highway fire only 10km away from the mill. As a result,
June 22, 2015 12:00 pm Leave your thoughts
Prior to my arrival in Saskatchewan, I stereotypically pictured a completely flat terrain composed primarily of farmers’ fields with scattered small communities. When I initially told family members and friends that I would be working in Saskatchewan for the summer, the common response I received was “are there even trees in Saskatchewan?” As silly as this may sound now, at the time I wasn’t sure myself of that particular answer.
June 22, 2015 12:00 pm Leave your thoughts
Hi everyone!
I realized after re-reading my first blog that I didn’t give much of a personal background of myself so I’ll start with that. I was born and raised in Ottawa, ON. I went to Carleton University and graduated with a B.A. Honours in Environmental Studies. After having completed university and being an avid snowboarder I decided to save up some money and spend a winter snowboarding out west so I moved to Golden,