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Ruth Bonneville / Free Press NTERSECTION - crane operator Photo of young, female crane operator, Harmony Guspodarchuk, operating a magnet) type crane during a recent shift at Western Scrap Metal. Feature on Harmony, 29, the first female crane operator in Western Scrap's 70-year history. Harmony caught on at the company in 2022 as an office worker but when one of her male colleagues, a crane operator, announced his retirement three years ago, she literally stepped into the driver's seat, replacing him as one of those responsible for tossing scrap cars, fridges and air conditioners around the yard five days a week. Shots of Harmony at the controls of one of two cranes she operates (one with a grapple, the other with a ginormous magnet) Reporter: Dave Sanderson For Sat Aug 15 Intersection Aug 12th,, 2026