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This fall, three new books from one B.C. publisher
tell stories of working in the province's sawmill,
helicopter and firefighting industries. Harbour
Publishing harbourpublishing.com
IT CAN BE DONE: AN
ORDINARY MAN'S
EXTRAORDINARY
SUCCESS
With co-author Michele
Carter, Donald (Chick) Stewart
recounts how he moved to B.C.
from Manitoba in 1942, got a job at 15 in a Vancou-
ver Island sawmill, then purchased a mill in Surrey
20 years later with friend and sawyer Vic Rempel.
Despite setbacks, S&R Sawmills Ltd. grew to
include five mills, still owned by Stewart, and more
than 500 employees. $32.95 (hardcover)
VERTICAL HORIZONS:
THE HISTORY OF
OKANAGAN
HELICOPTERS
Author Douglas M. Grant
trained as an radar technician
with the Royal Air Force in
the 1960s before working in
avionics for companies that included Okanagan
Helicopters, now part of
CHC Helicopter Corp.
Using firsthand accounts, extensive research and
numerous photographs, Grant describes the ups
and downs of the company that pioneered flying
high-mountain terrain and operated the first unac-
companied commercial helicopter ferry flight from
Canada to the U.K. $39.95 (hardcover)
CHASING SMOKE: A
WILDFIRE MEMOIR
Now an MFA student in Nova
Scotia, Aaron Williams fought
fires in B.C., Alberta, Ontario,
Quebec and Idaho from 2006
until 2014. He describes work-
ing long days with an eccentric
crew in a challenging landscape and looks at the
history, mechanics and politics of firefighting.
$22.95 (paperback)
1-888-837-5100
It is with warm wishes that H.Y. Engineering Ltd.
announces the retirement of Phil Hartley. In his 25 year
tenure, Phil has been instrumental to the company's
success, playing a critical role in overseeing all aspects
of its day to day operation as well as providing valuable
business insight to support the steady growth of the
company over the past 20 years. Phil consistently
demonstrated a high degree of professionalism,
trustworthiness, reliability, methodical decision making and
infallible work ethics fostering strong relationships with both staff and clientele. He
will be truly missed, and H.Y. Engineering Ltd. would like to express our tremendous
gratitude and appreciation for all his contributions. We wish him a restful and much
deserved retirement.
On Phil's retirement, we are also welcoming three new Partners to H.Y. Engineering
Ltd.: John Vairo (CTech) Engineering, Lori Joyce (CPT) Planning, and Gordon Yu
(BCLS) Surveying. They join our existing partners, Richard Brooks, Eugene Wong
and Roman Dypchey. All
three new partners have
been valued employees of
H.Y. Engineering Ltd. for
the past 10 years. We look
forward to this new chapter
of growth and change and
we are confident John,
Lori, and Gordon will prove
to be great assets to the
leadership team at
H.Y. Engineering Ltd.
H.Y. Engineering Ltd. Announcement
Excellence in Engineering for more than 30 years; our capabilities include land
development, civil engineering, land surveying, planning and project management.
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