by Doug Cook | Feb 29, 2024
February 21, 2024 THE LIGHTS IN A WOMEN’S SHELTER in Kitimat, B.C. are shining brighter this winter thanks to Alyssa Rogers and a sisterhood of electricians from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 993 (IBEW 993). Rogers is a second-year...
by Doug Cook | Jan 23, 2024
January 23, 2024 TRADETALK READERS are very familiar with porta-potties. They’re rarely cleaned and often filthy. They’re dark and they’re wet. They are too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter. Most of all, they are unsanitary and unhygienic. For many years,...
by Doug Cook | Jan 16, 2024
January 16, 2024 FALL IS TRADITIONALLY when we recognize our apprentices and their importance to our industry. It is our apprentices who will play a crucial role in shaping our province and the future of our trades. As the former executive director of the UA Piping...
by Doug Cook | Jan 9, 2024
January 9, 2024 THE COLLEGE OF THE BC BUILDING TRADES has launched its Trade Ambassador program with the aim of attracting more young people to the sector. The program is made up of young members of the building trades — like Kirsty Lawton — who volunteer to go into...
by Doug Cook | Jan 9, 2024
Tradetalk Winter 2023
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