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Snowdrift – Lisa McGonigle

By ⋅ January 29, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This is my friend Lisa McGonigle’s new book titled “Snowdrift”.  It’s based around her times as a ski-bum in Fernie and Rossland, British Columbia. As soon as I get my hands on a copy i’ll post a review.  In the meantime here’s the review in The Rossland Telegraph. It will be available on Amazon.ca from [...]

Sunshine Village sued by ex-workers

By ⋅ January 28, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Let the legal games begin….. Papers have been filed at the Court of Queens Bench. Story here:  http://bit.ly/hAGJdm

Sunshine Village pulls it’s Facebook page

By ⋅ January 27, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

Continuing to watch the Sunshine Village social media fiasco: First Sunshine pulled the live Facebook and Twitter feed from thier webpage. Now Sunshine Village appears to have pulled their Facebook page completely. While there were some  attacks posted on there, there were some valid questions that remained unanswered.  Lets see how the rest of this [...]

Trying to renew my annual Parks Canada pass early

By ⋅ January 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

There’s a strange quirk to Parks Canada‘s annual passes. Buy one anytime in January and it’s valid until the end of January next year….. So buy on the 1st, get 13 months. Buy on the 31st, get 12 months. Once it expires most people will wait until their next visit to one of the parks [...]

Customer service

By ⋅ January 26, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Just came across this – http://27bslash6.com/f4s.html And true or not, just reminds me of some of the customers and owners I have come across around the world. Made me smile this morning!

History of Mt. Norquay

By ⋅ January 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I was just randomly looking around Google for some information on the Mt. Norquay Tea house and came across this personal blog from Monica Bouius. I love reading about the history of ski-areas and this post is a great find.  Thank you! P.s. we may also be in touch soon as we have a wedding [...]

How NOT to handle social media

By ⋅ January 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Marketing or PR student? Need a case-study on how NOT to manage your corporate image on social media? Let Sunshine Village help you out:  http://on.fb.me/hSTbEJ Update: It’s beginning -  Social Media Fail Update 2: SSV’s Marketing department targets the case study! – More Sunshine

Rugby Day in Canada – Issue 4

By ⋅ January 25, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Issue 4 out now! Get your free PDF copy here: http://rugbydayincanada.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/rugbydayincanada_issueno4_jan2011.pdf Issues 1-3 available in print here: http://rugbypress.magcloud.com/ Enjoy!

Help Andy score the Canyons job!

By ⋅ November 15, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Help Andy score the ultimate Winter job at The Canyons in Park City, Utah.  Despite the restrictions of a SitSki this guy rips…. Click Here: http://bit.ly/aMAAuR or go here: Select “Most Popular”, and vote for the guy in the wheelchair…..  Take a look on TGR, Andy’s website, or this Gizmodo article for more info! Thanks [...]

Home Improvement: Cable Speeds

By ⋅ November 14, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

I re-wired my consumer-side cable today to see if I could improve my data feed so that Netflix, etc would stream smoothly…. I was pleasantly suprised with the results. The Shaw hook-up guy couldn’t be bothered to trace my lines back in the loft-space, so just added a splitter here and a splitter there to [...]

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