11.03.2016

Crane company steps in

A crane rental company based near Vancouver, in Canada has been in the news this week after offering jobs to two homeless men sent from Saskatchewan to Vancouver, causing some something of a scandal.

The two men, Charles Neil-Curley, 23, and Jeremy Roy,21, were staying at a shelter in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, when Neil-Curley’s funding for the shelter was denied. Instead of helping, the local government bought them both one way bus tickets to British Columbia.

When the news made national headlines and there was an outcry, 360 Crane Services ‘ chief executive Jason Stennes – offered to help the two with work. Stating that having grown up with little, he is now in a position where he can help.
He added: "That's ridiculous to do that. I mean, my heart goes out to them. It's sad. I am one of those guys that if I'm at a red light and there's somebody begging for change and he's 20 years old, I offer him a job. I give people a chance. It's just what I do."

Stennes founded 360 cranes in 2006 to erect and supply tower cranes and provide loader crane rental in the greater Vancouver market. In 2012 he brought together a number of other service business and today offers everything from recycling services and bin services, bumpers and plastic, construction & carpentry, towing and hauling and snowplowing.
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Charles Neil-Curley and Jeremy Roy shortly after they arrived in Vancouver