I don’t know what things are like in your country, by here in Canada, our Public Health Agency is constantly on our cases about “accumulating” (as they like to put it) 30-60 minutes of physical activity each day.

So, this past summer we decided to take advantage of GT’s natural geography (the 5th floor), and hosted a stair climbing challenge. We determined that the height of our floor from the street was 1/465th the height of Mt. Everest, and devised a tracking poster to measure this ascent in individual treks up to the 5th floor.

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It’s that season again! Let this mark the first holiday season for our beloved Gossamer Blog <3 During this special time, we at Gossamer Threads like to practice the oldest and most noblest of traditions: The White Elephant (aka The Theiving Secret Santa.)

Join us, as I walk you through the epic night of our staff dinner party!

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Gossamer Threads is now a member of ‘Partners for Life’ through the Canadian Blood Services, a program set up for corporate and community organizations to donate blood as a team. Each year, we commit to donating a pre-determined number of units, with each donation made by a staff member counting towards our company’s total. This past Wednesday was our first group visit to one of the clinics set up throughout the city!

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It’s been two months, one week, and two days since the season started, but ‘It Was the Wind’ has at last procured their actual first win! Jack, however, insists on mentioning that the team has previously won two games (winning by default is still a win!), not to mention that glorious tie from a few weeks back. However, in accordance with the true spirit (and definition) of victory – this is the first!

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We were in a quandry as to how to entertain our British clients on their visit here to Vancouver. As British Columbians, we’re somewhat oblivious to the natural beauty surrounding us, tending to assume that our city and environs are boring – hardly of any interest to those from a place as historic as Europe.

Take our office’s location. We bill the Sun Tower as “historic” on our website, though at only 95 year old, its historic quotient is just not as impressive as we are fond of believing. As our guests entered our office, I overheard Brit #1 (Pete) remark to Brit #2 (Chris), “Cute new modern building eh?” (OK, so he didn’t say ‘eh’, this was added for Canuck flavouring. In fact, the entire conversation may have been fabricated, but there’s no proof of that.)

Come along with us while we walk you through our riveting rafting adventure!

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