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Insulators get brand new home with state-of-the-art training centre
April 26, 2023 THE BC INSULATORS UNION Local 118 has a brand new home. And it was a long time coming. After moving from the B.C. Institute of Technology (BCIT), to sharing a facility with the United Association Piping Industry College (UAPIC), the Insulators are now...
Snowmageddon: Commuters trapped by blizzard get help from an unlikely source
April 13, 2023 STROBE LIGHTS AND MUSIC are not what most commuters are expecting when stuck in a severe snowstorm. But help comes in many unpredictable shapes and sizes. In late November, rescue came in the form of a loud and bright van known as the Wage Wagon, which...
Op-Ed
Message from the Editor – This is your magazine. Let’s talk about it.
June 21, 2021 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, family dinners seemed to last forever. It wasn’t because it took that long to chew through the plate of half meat, half starch and half butter that you just don’t see today. And it wasn’t because there was a pile of dishes waiting...
President’s Message – Plumbed facilities not too much to ask
June 15, 2021 THE BC BUILDING TRADES RECENTLY commissioned an independent report on the sanitation conditions on construction sites in British Columbia. The Report on Washroom Facilities in the Construction Industry provides an in-depth analysis of the current...
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