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...
by Doug Cook | Sep 15, 2025
September 15, 2025 THE MUNICIPALITY OF CHILLIWACK had no rules in their book for how to zone a trades training facility, but that didn’t stop the leaders of Teamsters Local 213 and LiUNA Local 1611 from forging a path forward. The two unions, representing a combined...
by Doug Cook | Sep 5, 2025
September 5, 2025 YOU CAN’T GO FAR these days without hearing about artificial intelligence. We’re hearing about it pretty much every day now. The technology comes with plenty of small, day-to-day benefits. It can write you an e-mail. It can lay out a monthly family...
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