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In honour of Snowbirds Captain Jennifer Casey The team at Mechanical Business would like to express our heartfelt sympathies on the loss of Captain Jennifer Casey. Captain Casey was a true ambassador for the Snowbirds. We were privileged to work with Jennifer on an interview with Major Denis Bandet. She enthusiastically encouraged and arranged the interview, and went above and beyond to canvas the crew and find links to the mechanical trades. She even personally walked the requisition paperwork over to the Commanding Officer to make the interview happen. Our thoughts are with Jennifer’s family and friends, and we thank her for her service to our country.
Next Supply helps homeless To help people living on the streets and in encampments in Toronto, Ontario-based Next Plumbing and Hydronics Supply packed 500 survival kits with food, masks and other necessities. Conditions for those living on the streets have been made worse by COVID-19 and overcrowding in shelters, so employees volunteered their time to assemble kits, load trucks and deliver the items. nextsupply.ca
HRAI cancels annual conference
CIPHEX West show postponed CIPH has announced that the CIPHEX West trade show, originally scheduled for Nov. 4 to 5, 2020 in Vancouver, will be postponed until 2021. The show will now take place on Nov. 3 and 4, 2021 at the Pacific Coliseum at the PNE in Vancouver, B.C. The hope is that pushing the trade show back a year will provide a healthier and safer environment for exhibitors and visitors. CIPH plans on hosting a virtual event with eBooths in November 2020. The virtual show is expected to include company and product information, as well as webinars on technical and business topics hosted by industry experts. More details will be available in the coming months. ciphexwest.ca
CIPH hosts first digital AGM In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, CIPH turned to the web on June 16 to host its first ever virtual annual general meeting. The new chair of the organization, Gail Kaufman of Wolseley Canada, remarked that the organization usually expects about 300 attendees at its ABC and AGM, which is comparable to the 290 sites that registered for the virtual AGM. The theme for this year’s conference, which was replaced by the virtual meeting, was to be “Shift,” which seems appropriate, given the changes that many businesses have had to figure out to continue to serve their customers, said Kaufman, the 73rd chair of the institute. She, and keynote speaker Ian Heller of Distribution Strategy Group, discussed changes to product handling, with Heller paying particular focus on the need for robust digital sales fulfillment capabilities going forward. The 2021 annual business conference and AGM is scheduled for June 27 to 29 at The Algonquin Resort in St. Andrews, N.B. ciph.com
HRAI has cancelled its 2020 annual conference, scheduled to take place in August in Victoria, B.C. Sandy MacLeod, president and CEO of HRAI, stated that while it may be legally possible to hold a meeting in Victoria in late August, its success seemed highly unlikely. “It’s hard to imagine our member delegates choosing to travel this soon, not to mention the financial pain many will be feeling for the rest of 2020,” he stated. HRAI plans to schedule AGM meetings for its various divisions in September this year. hrai.ca
U.S. Boiler Company offers online training U.S. Boiler Company recently launched its new online training program, called U.S.B-U (U.S. Boiler University). Developed to provide an archive of readily accessible information to help heating professionals perform service and installations quickly, the training platform delivers educational content in video and blog format. Live online training seminars are also offered. usboiler.net
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