by Doug Cook | Dec 9, 2025
December 9, 2025 WHEN PHIL VENOIT FIRST SET FOOT in a shipyard, he was barely out of high school. At just 18 years old, Venoit’s work experience had been as a manager of a McDonald’s. “I’m not going to call it a rude awakening. It was simply an awakening to an...
by Doug Cook | Nov 21, 2025
November 21, 2025 YOUTH ACROSS THE PROVINCE are finding new pathways to get involved in the trades, thanks in part to a new hands-on program. The Youth Trade Sampler program, run as a partnership between the UA Piping Industry College of BC College of the BC Building...
by Doug Cook | Nov 21, 2025
November 21, 2025 THE LATEST FISCAL UPDATE from the provincial government shows that B.C.’s finances have seen better days. With the release of the first quarterly report, we learned that British Columbia is set to run a deficit of $11.8 billion. That exceeds previous...
by Doug Cook | Nov 21, 2025
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by Doug Cook | Oct 9, 2025
October 9, 2025 I AM OFTEN ASKED HOW TO start an apprenticeship. It happens all the time. From the cab driver taking me to the airport to the service representative helping me process a return. When people find out I work in construction, they frequently follow up...
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