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Crane safety top of mind amid highrise building boom

Crane safety top of mind amid highrise building boom

Though it happened across the border, April’s collapse of a tower crane in downtown Seattle wasn’t far from the minds of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s crane community at a safety conference in Richmond.
Cermaq cleaning up after algae hits Clayoquot Sound fish farms

Cermaq cleaning up after algae hits Clayoquot Sound fish farms

The native algae have rigid spines that damage the gills of the fish
Carson Group buys Pacific Mazda dealership in Victoria

Carson Group buys Pacific Mazda dealership in Victoria

Pacific Mazda, a fixture on Yates Street for more than three decades and one of the last independent vehicle dealers in the region, has been sold and is expected to move within two years to an as yet undetermined location.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries’ hybrid-electric ferries are on their way to Vancouver Island

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries’ hybrid-electric ferries are on their way to Vancouver Island

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ferries’ first hybrid-electric ferries are on their way to British Columbia. The Island Class ships departed Constanta, Romania on Wednesday cradled on a semi-submersible vessel for the 10,305 nautical mile journey to Vancouver Island.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ appoints point person to lobby feds over pricey cellphone bills

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ appoints point person to lobby feds over pricey cellphone bills

The provincial government continues to stoke public outrage over expensive cellphone bills, appointing a point person on the issue while admitting that Ottawa, not the province, controls action on mobile phone companies.
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ puts satellite surveillance of farmland on hold

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ puts satellite surveillance of farmland on hold

VANCOUVER — The sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Ministry of Agriculture has withdrawn, at least temporarily, a plan to use satellites to detect violations of the regulations governing the Agricultural Land Reserve.
Pipeline expansion project underway in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, Alberta

Pipeline expansion project underway in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, Alberta

The $7.4-billion Trans Mountain pipeline twinning project is under construction. As of the end of September, 2,200 workers had been hired, and are working, mostly at each end of the pipeline, in Burnaby and Edmonton.
Workers at Mountain Equipment Co-op, Victoria Event Centre vote to join union

Workers at Mountain Equipment Co-op, Victoria Event Centre vote to join union

Workers at Mountain Equipment Co-op in Victoria have voted in favour of joining a union.
Electric bus vessels proposed for Fraser River

Electric bus vessels proposed for Fraser River

The Metro Vancouver Regional District wants TransLink to consider introducing an electric river bus to transport passengers from Fraser River communities.
Union rejects offer from Western Forest Products; no talks scheduled

Union rejects offer from Western Forest Products; no talks scheduled

Talks have broken off between Western Forest Products and the union representing nearly 3,000 workers on the coast.