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They call me the Master Iceman

They call me the Master Iceman. I run Columbia Ice, A Uniquely Canadian Ice Company in Alberta.  Really the only Canadian owned option for packaged ice delivery in Alberta. Arctic Glacier Edmonton and Arctic Glacier ice in Calgary, the big American owned ice company, is the competition.

Columbia Ice is a flea, trying to become a mouse, competing against the elephant, Arctic Glacier... as much a flea competes with an elephant. 

I am my own boss for the most part.  There is an owner, Jake, he is cool to deal with. He looks like the Daredevil in the TV series. I am convinced by night, he fights crime. Would be rather cool if he did. He bought Columbia Ice a few months ago from Ernie Graveline who owned the company for the past 14 teen years. Transition has gone well, still tidying up loose ends which is to be expected when you sell a company.


I have tried X, I have tried Youtube, Tiktok and Instagram as a way to communicate my story but I really dislike social media. I am old school, I like to write, I like to blog, even if nobody reads this blog or knows what a blog is anymore. Call it a public dairy of my story in ice, the story of Columbia Ice, the story of running an NSF audited food facility. I will delve into a variety of topics other than ice so please don't typecast me. My grammer will be that of a 48 year old frostbitten mind who has had too much craft beer in his life. I hope you enjoy these blog posts, please subscribe, ask questions, share on social media.


Here is an old video I did back in the day when Ernie was the owner.






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