VIRTUAL REUNION
MAY 6, 2023
12:00 PST vancouver time
It's been 50 years!
Throughout the 70's to the mid 90's - there was a tough group of commercial divers who worked for a company called "Can-Dive Services" - based out of North Vancouver and later across the country with offices in the Great Lakes - Toronto and the Atlantic - St. Johns. / Montreal / International.
They called themselves "The CanDivers". They wore a distinctive orange jacket that had to be earned. It couldn't be bought. It was never sold or given away once it was earned. Each one bore a back patch indicating their area of operations: CanDive Pacific. CanDive Great Lakes. CanDive Atlantic and CanDive Arctic - our NewtSuit Operations.
The patch was badge of recognition and acceptance into the group. It was a unique group. When they didnt know how to do it - no matter how complex and dangerous - they figured it out.
Divers don't give up - or maybe more of they won't give up. Sometimes they were'nt always right.
But what the group represented - and what they were and are - is simply BADASS!!
This is a Virtual zoom reunion of that group and a celebration of that time - while we still can.
Get Started - REGISTER and SEND PICTURES!
questions
Email to "TheCanDivers@gmail.com
Why we're doing this
Lately it seems that we are going to too many celebrations of life as one of our own moves on and gets out of touch so to speak.
So .... its time to plan an event and make an effort to relive the stories and see old friends and the "legends in our own minds" ...
We're making it happen.
In the loop
WHY WE CHANGED TO A VIRTUAL EVENT:
With some disappointment we have to announce that we will be changing the reunion to an ONLINE EVENT ONLY. Bad news - good news.
Reasons mainly are due to the fact that many of the participants are either physically or financially unable to attend - especially when hotel costs in May are over $300 nite!!!
When we started contacting people about the PHYSICAL reunion, it quickly became apparent that physically, many could not make it. Disturbing too was that there are a few who sadly have serious issues - I wont go into who or what - those who know, know.
We will establish a ZOOM link closer to the event (May 6th - 15:00 HRS VANCOUVER TIME.
Connect with us
On Facebook "The CanDivers" ... see us there. Full discussions. Private Group. Sign up if your on there
