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PRMC secures historic deal with industry partners
May 12, 2023 THE PACIFIC REGIONAL Maintenance Council (PRMC) is celebrating an historic agreement that will secure work for its members over a six-year period with LNG Canada’s liquified natural gas facility now under construction in northwestern B.C. LNG Canada...
VANCOUVER DIVING LEGEND REMEMBERS HARROWING BRIDGE COLLAPSE RESCUE
April 28, 2023 NORTH VANCOUVER DIVING legend Phil Nuytten might just be the most famous British Columbian you’ve never heard of. He is the inventor of the world famous Newtsuit and Exosuit deep water dive systems, and the DeepWorker submersible vehicle. He’s dived to...
Op-Ed
A Message from CBTU – Plenty missing from federal budget
July 21, 2021 WHAT THE LEGACY IMPACT of COVID-19 will be is hard to envision, when we are still deep within the crisis. At the time of putting pen to paper, Ontario and Nova Scotia are both in lockdown, Alberta is experiencing soaring cases, and across the country,...
Workers Advocate’s Message – Chronic pain: a painful story
July 13, 2021 OUR FORMER president of the BC Building Trades Council, Lee Loftus, was a prized member of the workers’ representatives on the Policy, Practice and Consultative Committee (PPCC) for many years. The PPCC consists of two Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB)...
College of the BCBT Apprenticeship Guide
College of the BC Building Trades Apprenticeship Guide
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Fall 2025 Vol. 28 No. 3
In this issue
- Trades training facility launch in Chiliwack
- APPRENTICESHIP SECTION
- CMAW joins BCBT
- New tower crane apprenticeship program in B.C.
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“We can’t compete with wages that are seven times less than us,” - @Seaspan CEO on how it couldn’t bid on @BCFerries ships as part of a process tilted towards the Chinese government.
Echos Davie Shipyards. On East Coast.
@WeBuildBC First Seaspan, now Davie. Two of Canada’s biggest shipyards say BC Ferries never gave them a fair shot. Tell your MLA and MP we want our ferries built at home: 👉 #bcpoli #bclab