Remembering Gary Kroeker

by | Apr 8, 2024

April 8, 2024 GARY KROEKER, RESIDENT OF PORT COQUITLAM, B.C., long-time business manager for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 115 (IUOE 115) and former president of the BC Building Trades passed away on Nov. 30, 2023, at the age of 75. Kroeker was...

What will it take to get women PPE that actually fits?

by | Mar 4, 2024

March 4, 2024 IMAGINE WALKING ONTO A JOB site and all the tools you need are there. There’s a nice selection of personal protective equipment (PPE) that fits you. You put on the PPE, grab your tools and get to work knowing you’ll be safe on the job. That scenario...

First all-Indigenous cohort graduates EJTC

by | Feb 29, 2024

February 29, 2024 SOME OF WAKENNIOSTA COOPER’S earliest memories are hiding behind her grandma’s living room couch doing puzzles. “I’ve been doing puzzles since I was a kid … it was one of my favourite things to do,” Cooper said. “I’ve always liked problem...

IBEW 993 Lights Up Women’s Shelter

by | 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...