By Nancy Price-Hutley, National Recognition Committee Chair (nancy.price-hutley@skipatrol.ca) The national recognition committee has two new members for this year. Linda Andrews and Jacques Blais join Wendy Herron, Dave DeWolfe, Michael Courty, Meaghan Kells and Miles Thompson. Welcome Linda and Jacques.
By A.P. Crawford, Periodical Editor and Production Manager (ap.crawford@skipatrol.ca) On a cold, sunny day in January 2021, someone on the slopes at Sugarloaf Provincial Park called EMS directly and two ambulances arrived unannounced at the patrol room. The patrollers rushed
By Nancy Price-Hutley, National Recognition Committee Chair (nancy.price-hutley@skipatrol.ca) Recognizing people’s contributions within a volunteer organization goes a long way to keeping members engaged and committed. This is the first of a series of articles describing the various national recognition awards
By Dan Elliot, National Manager – On-Snow Training (dan.elliot@skipatrol.ca) There is an opening to be a part of the national on-snow team. We are looking to fill the position of national alpine on-snow coordinator. As the alpine on-snow coordinator, you
By Kerri Loudoun, Communications and Marketing Portfolio Leader (kerri.loudoun@skipatrol.ca) Have you ever seen a blind snowboarder on the hill? Maybe you’ve seen a sit ski load the chairlift. Adaptive alpine skiers and snowboarders are frequenting many of the CSP’s partner
By Cathy McKay, Saskatchewan Division President (cathy.mckay@skipatrol.ca) Our zones are well into recertification training. We are down in overall numbers but are very excited to be welcoming patrollers back in all zones. Some zones have new candidate courses running and
CSP Mountain Division kicks off an early, snowy season By Geoff Scotton, VP External Mountain Division geoffscotton@skipatrol.ca Multiple CSP Mountain Division patrols and zones have their 2021-2022 winter operational seasons well underway, after ski areas at Lake Louise and Mount
Manitoba Division gearing up By Lori Natuik, Manitoba Division President (lori.natuik@skipatrol.ca) All four zones in Manitoba Division are engaged in the annual certification training and we’re very pleased that there has been good numbers of returning patrollers for this season.
Ontario Division ready to go By Bradley Redwood, Ontario Division President (bradley.redwood@skipatrol.ca) Fall is in full swing in the east and Mother Nature is beginning to help resort snowmakers with the task at hand. Advanced First Aid training is almost
