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The Stainless Steel in Our Pools

Guest Blog Post by: Stainless steel is used in the manufacturing of many pieces of equipment found in institutional pools. Whether for lifeguard chairs, diving board bases, cable supports, ladders or starting blocks, stainless steel is a good choice because it’s strong, durable, and aesthetically pleasing. Stainless steel is an ...
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Kentville Municipal Rink Fast-Tracks Buying Process with Canoe, Cuts Costs

Shared with permission from CIMCO Refrigeration. The original article can be found here. No Time to Waste The municipality of Kentville, Nova Scotia (Canada) has a seasonal NHL-sized indoor ice arena that is served by an ammonia refrigeration system. In February 2022, an aging condenser in this system unexpectedly started ...
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Make the Most of Your Shutdown Time

Guest Blog Post by Drew Watson Recreational Project Sales – Atlantic Canada CIMCO Refrigeration As the recreational ice season comes to a close, now is the best time to consider your facility’s plant maintenance and capital planning needs. As another recreational ice season- albeit not a conventional one- comes to ...
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True Sport Lives Here

Blog by Valerie Vuillemot True Sport Champion & Executive Director, Recreation PEI In 2020, I became a volunteer champion for True Sport, a movement based on the idea that good sport can make a great difference. When sport is done well, it provides many benefits to the participants, the volunteers, ...
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How Three Rivers Won “PEI’s Most Active Community”

Guest Blog by Cathleen MacKinnon Recreation & Events Coordinator, Town of Three Rivers   In June 2021, ParticipACTION hosted its annual Community Better Challenge. New this year, was a cash prize of $15,000 for the communities with the most amount of logged ‘move minutes’ for each province. Three Rivers is ...
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2021 Active Gift Guide

Blog by Recreation PEI Christmas is right around the corner, and gift shopping can be daunting. If you're looking for unique and active gifts for your little loved ones, you've come to the right place. Recreation PEI has compiled a list of gifts to help inspire active living and physical ...
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AEDs Save Lives

Guest Blog from   What you need to know to restart a heart Cardiac arrest is exactly what it sounds like – your heart stops beating. It can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime, at any age. A cardiac arrest occurs on average in Canada every 15 minutes. If it happens ...
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Ready to Get Moving?

Check out these Islanders who chose to move: Watch Cameron's story to see how fun physical activity is and how confidence in one movement can build a variety of skills. Watch Fraser's story to learn how to gaining physical competence helped make every day tasks easier and how learning to ...
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Total Dissolved Solids – How Untreated Water Will Affect The Quality Of Your Ice Surface

Guest Blog Post written by Dave Loverock Vice President, Jet Ice Ltd. www.jetice.com    The goal of any icemaker is to provide a quality ice sheet that enhances game play.  From hockey to figure skating to curling, premium quality ice contributes to an athlete’s success as much as their skill ...
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Gators & Swamps

Guest Blog Post written by Ian Storey President, I.B. Storey Inc. www.ibstorey.com  When you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to think about draining the swamp.  Well, I didn’t say that – at least originally.  The first time I heard someone say that, I was working on a ...
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Role of Parks & Recreation in Canada’s Recovery from Covid 19

As the days unfold, it has become clear that the recreation and parks sector is a valuable community service and will play a significant role in Canada’s recovery from the current health crisis and the subsequent shut down of "normal life". As we look forward to that recovery, the Canadian ...
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Playgrounds Closures Under COVID-19 – Update

This content is courtesy of the Canadian Playground Safety Institute. As of: March 31, 2020 The information currently available on novel coronavirus, COVID, or the newest name: SARS-CoV-2 (formerly called HCoV-19) is changing not only day by day but hour by hour and sometimes more frequently than that. The information in this ...
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