Thanks for posting. Always great to hear from Burke, but also sad to see the years piling up on old Burkie.
Things that stuck out.
1. Talking about Murray going through a stack of papers...Riddell used to have someone print out all his emails to read, feels similar.
2.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/arti...f-quebec-city/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/arti...f-quebec-city/
“We can feel the lack of investment every day,” he said. “We’re here to say that we’ve had enough of RCR and they’ve shown in the past that they weren’t a good operator for this beloved resort.” There's also a nice picture of a protestor who wants Murray Edwards out.
He's done a deal to get funds from the government, but the company's operating record is so poor the government won't release funds. They dropped a gondola car in 2022 (similar to Kicking Horse last year)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...airs-9.7016576 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montr...airs-9.7016576
3. Did a couple trips to Kicking Horse and Kimberly in December on my trip back to Canada, both RCR mountains. Prices are up, but everything else is exactly the same as when I was a kid. We all joked...it's skiing at the Saddledome.
No one's ever questioned the guys work ethic. I'm a believer that culture is top down in an organisation, and this is the one we have. After seeing the state of his hills and taking in the game at the Dome on Dec 27th, I'm happy we have ANY players playing for this organisation.
30yrs of neglect...yeah everything still runs...but everyone else has moved forward so much in both Skiing and Hockey. Kinda nostalgic to ride a double chair still...no centre pole though. Ha