Category Archives: The Western Dispatch
January 31, 2018
Husband takes the wife to a disco for Valentine’s Day. There’s a guy on the dance floor giving it large—break dancing, moonwalking, back flips, the works. The wife turns to her husband and says: “See that guy? 25 years ago he proposed to me and I turned him down.” Husband…
January 31, 2018
¨ Peel ginger with a spoon—Ginger can be tricky to peel with all its bumps and irregularities. Rather than using a paring knife or vegetable peeler, reach for the spoon. Scrape it against the skin and it’ll come right off, following every contour and minimizing waste. ¨ Use egg shells to remove…
January 31, 2018
Safety Culture Change Yields Sustainable Improvements It has been observed at numerous worksites and confirmed by independent research that developing strong safety cultures have the single greatest impact on accident & incident reduction of any process. It is for this single reason that Western Camp Services is continuing to evolve…
January 31, 2018
Safety Culture Change Yields Sustainable Improvements Here at Western Camp Services, we are committed to delivering remote accommodation solution responsibly and safely, preventing harm to our employees, contractors, local communities and the environment. Everyone who works for us, or with us, has an important part to play in making Western…
February 19, 2016
As Albertans and Canadians, we see it everywhere “Alberta’s oil and gas veterans look elsewhere for jobs after layoffs” “2015 worst year for Alberta job losses since 1982” It makes us pause and say “what if……” and consider what our next step should be. Yes, even we have noticed fewer…
January 18, 2016
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees, but…
March 6, 2015
Western would like to say a Great Big Thank You to the team at Camp 75, Andy, Elizabeth and Francine! Kudos to the awesome job!
December 11, 2013
What is Christmas? Christmas is remembering and celebrating your faith in the Lord. Christmas is your dad crawling up on the roof in a blizzard to make sure all the lights are working so Santa Claus can find your house. Christmas is helping your Mom bake hundreds of Christmas cookies…
January 4, 2013
We had a contest for the month of December – The Most Original Snowman and The Snowman with the Most Western Spirit…here are our winners!