Tag: BC General Employees Union

Kootenay Lake Ferry resumes full service

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The BC General Employees' Union has reverted the job action on the Kootenay Lake Ferry to an overtime ban,...

BCGEU rally in solidarity

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The B.C. General Employees’ Union (BCGEU) rallied in solidarity yesterday afternoon at the Balfour Terminal, to support workers at...

Strike action significantly reduces Kootenay Lake Ferry sailings

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Kootenay Lake Ferry employees began job action yesterday (Sunday, November 3), significantly impacting ferry sailings and travellers. The job action...

BCGEU suspends overtime work ban on Arrow Lake ferries

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The overtime work ban against Arrow Lake ferry operator WaterBridge Ferries has been suspended. Effective 3 p.m. on Friday, the...

WaterBridge employee speaks on safety and wage concerns amidst strike negotiations

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The bargaining committee representing 90 WaterBridge Ferries employees has broken its silence on the issues that have contributed to...

West Kootenay Ferry service remains uninterrupted amid strike talks

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Essential service negotiations are still ongoing between the BC General Employees’ Union (BCGEU), Western Pacific Marine and WaterBridge Ferries. The...

West Kootenay Ferry strike looms; public hearing scheduled for Thursday

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West Kootenay Ferry operations could shut down as early as tomorrow with a decision to be determined this afternoon. The...

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Fish & Wildlife
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Mercer Celgar’s owner declares US bankruptcy

Business
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First Nations ask court to review Ottawa’s national-interest pipeline designation

Indigenous
Several First Nations are asking a Federal Court to review Ottawa’s decision to list the proposed new oil pipeline to B.C.’s coast as a “project of national interest.”

FortisBC nets $15 million in Q3

Energy & Utilities
The company that provides power to much of the West Kootenay-Boundary saw its earnings hold steady in the third quarter.

Will the BC interior have a bigger voice in Victoria?

Politics
Should communities in BC's interior be encouraged by the fact that incoming premier Lorne Doerksen is from Williams Lake? Possibly, says one politicial science professor.
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