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      • 25-Years Post Y2K – What Has Been Learned
      • The Evolution of Industrial Ice Sheet Refrigeration
      • Navigating Recreation Facility Regulatory Compliance
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      • Increased Risk of Violence in Recreation Trend
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      • The Future of AI in Recreation Facility Operation and Management
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      • Ice Resurfacer Indoor Air Quality Rests With Facility Management
      • Hockey Canada Dressing Room Policy Requires Contract Clarification
      • Compliance and Safety Must Percolate Down From the “Owner”
      • The Anatomy of Skating Ice Maintenance
      • Facility Worker Rental Equipment Risks and Responsibilities
      • The Past & Future of Recreation Facility Concessions
      • Understanding The Facility Contract Indemnity/Hold Harmless and Insurance Clause
      • Competent vs. Qualified Recreation Professionals
      • Defining Facility Staff Job Description Titles
      • Dealing with Ontario’s Recreational Aging and Environmental Tree Inventory Risk
      • The Rising Risk of Handling Recreational Medical Waste
      • Understanding Professional Accreditation
      • Dealing with Ontario’s Recreational Aging and Environmental Tree Inventory Risk
      • Recreation Facility Fire and Life Safety
      • Recreation Facility Roof Top Solar Panel Risks
      • Dealing with Forest Fire Smoke at an Evacuation Centre with Smoke Eaters
      • Water Clarity Makes the Pool Operator a Lifeguards Best On-Deck Assistant
      • The Shift In Provincial Regulations As They Relate to Recreation is Interesting
      • The Right to Disconnect Law May Not Be Applicable to All
      • Reasonable Cost Recovery Based User Fees Are Key To Asset Management
      • Cross Ice Barriers Shines Light on User/Facility Relationships
      • What We Learned and Forgot from the Pandemic
      • How Will Inflation Impact Recreation in 2023
      • The Evolution of Creating Industry Best Practice
      • Operating Outdoor Aquatics Facilities in 2023
      • What Hockey Canada Can Learn from USA Hockey
      • Recreation Waste – Cradle to Grave
      • The Quiet Evolution of the Recreation Facility Frontline First Responder
      • Masking Recreation Facility Staff for the Winter of 2022/23
      • Managing The Risks From Above – Out of Sight, Out of Mind
      • King Charles III Picture Replacing the Queen
      • Bauer Raises the Issue of Fair and Equal Access to Ice But There is a Bigger Conversation to be Had
      • Monitoring the Shift Toward New Pool Chlorination Option
      • Dealing With 2022 Municipal Election Recreation Anxiety
      • Understanding Recreation Facility Relative Humidity Is Key To User Safety and Building Longevity
      • Thinking Outside The Traditional Ice Box
      • Pandemic Recovery – What Is The New Industry Normal?
      • Do Recreation Facilities Really Need Earth Day?
      • Closing the Gaps of Section 6 of Regulation 565: The Public Pool Designated Operator
      • Recreation Facility IAQ – A Managers Asset Management Challenge
      • Where Have All the Workers Gone?
      • We Need to Look at Rental Skates to Build Business?
      • Can we let users back into the building before the emergency lighting system has fully recharged?
      • 50 Plus Years Later Facility Measurements Are Still a Mix Bag of Metric and Imperial
      • Ontario’s Lifeguards – Caught in the “Perfect Storm”
      • The Other Side of a Recreation Facility as a Gathering Location
      • Bill Vass - Mr. Refrigeration
      • Fred Horvath – From the Frontlines to National Chair
      • Tony Brenner – A Mentor to Many
      • Ringette on the Eve of Turning 60
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      • The Importance of Facility Maintenance Tracking
      • 30-Years Since Westray and It Is Still A Predictable Path to Disaster
      • Controlling Safe Wheeled Movement in All Recreation Facilities
      • The Ethical Questions of the Environmental Impact of Battery Technology
      • What the ORFA Thinks is Complicated
      • Is It Time to Rethink the Traditional Hot Water Flood?
      • Will We Really Ever Completely Turn The Corner on COVID?
      • History of Ice Sheet Refrigeration Plant Logbook Data Collection
      • Facility Management Challenges 2022
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      • What Constitutes Vandalism?
      • Why We Need to Bring Back the Traditional Indoor Ice Season
      • Will Ontario Recreation Facility Decommissioning Soon Out Pace New Construction?
      • Canada’s Ice Sheets Contribution to Rock & Roll History
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      • ORFA Award Recipients for 2023 Announced
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      • Ice Plant Operational Limitations Warning - Aug 22, 2023
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      • ALERT - May 10, 2021
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      • Return to Play doesn't mean facility is open
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      • Alert - Outdoor Recreation Amenities Closed
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      • APDP and EXPO Event Cancellation
      • 2020 OTS
      • You Have the Power to Save A Life
      • Policy Review Recommendation
      • CFB Petawawa Visit
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      • ORFA Leadership Post Fernie Tradegy
      • NEW! Aquatic Facility Operations Course Announcement
      • Facility Evictions Can Be A Slippery Legal Slope
      • Facility AEDs Need to be Accessible
      • High Risk Venues For Spreading Colds and Flu
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      • 2019/2020 Board of Directors
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      • Technical Safety BC - Investigation Report
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      • ORFA’s #150RecFacilities Campaign Winner
      • Kraft Hockeyville – Your Vote Counts!
      • Rick Hansen Foundation - Leadership Forum
      • 27th Annual Ontario Turfgrass Symposium
      • NSPF Announces Partnership with ORFA
      • Are Ontario’s Ice Rinks Safe? FOLLOW UP
      • Ice Arena Registered Refrigeration Plant Safety
      • 2017-10 Are Ontario's Ice Rinks Safe?
      • NEW! Professional Designation Recertification Process
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      • New Partnership with RFANS
      • Supervisory Reminder - Summer Students
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      • Recreation Workers Who Use ATV’s or UTV’s Must Know the Rules
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      • Recreation Facilities Asset Management (RFAM) Software Program Provided At No-Cost to ORFA Members
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