by Doug Cook | Apr 9, 2021
April 9, 2021 AFTER BEING WITH THE BUILDING TRADES for most of a decade, I’ve had the unique privilege of seeing what we can accomplish when we work together. There are many big things we do that make their way into the public; like the big infrastructure projects we...
by Doug Cook | Apr 1, 2021
April 1, 2021 WHEN COVID STRUCK IN MARCH 2020 and construction was deemed an essential service, it was quite a shock for those in trades training. Program coordinators had to be quickon their feet to keep apprentices moving forward. Paddy Byrne, director of training...
by Doug Cook | Mar 22, 2021
March 22, 2021 MANY OF US IN THE BUILDING TRADES have had the fortunate experience of having family and friends in the business. I myself had my father, who is a plumber by trade and has been working in the industry his whole life. Being a plumber allowed him to...
by Doug Cook | Mar 16, 2021
Glazier apprentices at the Finishing Trades Institute ensure they abide COVID-19 protocols.
by Doug Cook | Mar 10, 2021
March 16, 2021 A NEW SURVEY FINDS that most British Columbians support compulsory certification of the skilled trades and believe certification will make the construction industry safer. “This poll demonstrates that British Columbians overwhelmingly support a return...
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