by Doug Cook | Oct 12, 2023
October 11, 2023 LUIS DIEGO-BRENES STILL REMEMBERS the party he and his co-workers threw when they finally received their backdated pay for building the Canada Line extension connecting Richmond and Vancouver. “Of course, we were there with our whole families, our...
by Doug Cook | Sep 26, 2023
September 26, 2023 WHEN TOM SIGURDSON approached the executive board of the BC Building Trades (BCBT) about the possibility of launching a quarterly magazine for its members 25 years ago, he wasn’t sure what the outcome would be. It was a tumultuous time for the...
by Doug Cook | Sep 25, 2023
Tradetalk Fall 2023
by Doug Cook | Aug 31, 2023
August 31, 2023 “ALL MY LIFE I’VE KNOWN I like to fix things and make stuff,” said plumber and Indigenous artist Raven Hillenbrand. “In that way, trades are somewhat similar to artwork. You make do with what you have and you make it beautiful.” A Gitxaala Nation...
by Doug Cook | Aug 7, 2023
August 7, 2023 SHE’S A RED SEAL INSULATOR and a culinary artist. And Lindsay Sangster isn’t afraid to admit the obvious, either. “I am a perfectionist.” That perfectionism is apparent every day on the job where she’s a metalist for West Coast Insulation. Currently,...
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