Getting on the map…

I'm sitting here at the Lieutenant Governor General's mansion in Victoria waiting to set up an ice sculpture. How in the world did we get here? I'm simply amazed. When we look back down memory lane to those first few sculptures when everything we did was new and...

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How it all began…

They will tell you that you should do what you're good at, what comes natural to you.  I (Harold) was doing just that, serving as a Regional Director in an agency that supports adults with developmental disabilities.  And with 8 kids at home it only made sense that...

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Week 1

Hi, my name is Angela and I have just come on board at Ice Décor with my dad (Harold) and brother (Nathan)- aka #theicemen, to work on marketing. Nowadays a lot of that is done through social media. There’s a story here, one that lots of you will find as fascinating...

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Denim and Diamonds Gala

If you've ever paid a visit to the Langley Memorial Hospital, you'll appreciate the effort that goes into keeping it a premier health care facility.  This year's Denim and Diamonds Langley Hospital Foundation Gala brings some of the finest in and around Langley to...

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Repeat Business.

Who knows how they got our number in the first place. The call came from the east-coast, Olympus Corporation, wondering whether we would partner with them in an experiment that would demo their TOUGH model. It's supposed to be water resistant, shock resistant and...

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To laugh or get mad?

Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or get mad at yourself. We had spent months planning for a monster ice event for the Lincoln Motor Company up at the Roundhouse on Whistler Mountain. Between Boulder, Colorado and Whistler, there were four of us parties...

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Trying to Escape the Cold

Okay, I have a confession to make.  Ice carvers get cold.  That's right, we don't have ice in our veins. The first fifteen minutes in the studio (a nice name for the freezer) can be a real test of our calling.  There's the routine arm flailing method and other stuff...

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Fly Over Canada!

Like usual, it started with a phone call and an introduction to Fly Over Canada. If you've ever been around the perimeter of Canada Place in Vancouver you'll walk right past their theatre. It's an interactive video journey across Canada. And it attracts thousands of...

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