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Labour unions and marine workers in British Columbia are calling on B.C. Ferries to build its new hybrid vessels locally, bringing more jobs to the coast.

Asbestos permanently changes bodies of thousands of workers despite known dangers for decades. Advocates hope new licensing rules will finally turn a page.

Asbestos permanently changes bodies of thousands of workers despite known dangers for decades. Advocates hope new licensing rules will finally turn a page.

Asbestos permanently changes bodies of thousands of workers despite known dangers for decades. Advocates hope new licensing rules will finally turn a page.

By Zak Vescera, The Tyee When Lee Loftus was 10, he remembers his father coming home through the back door, covered in thin threads of asbestos. Back

Worker advocates applaud move to reduce deaths from asbestos.

About 800 union Seaspan employees are not working because of pickets set up by the Canadian Merchant Service Workers Guild, whose members run tugs and barges for North Vancouver-based Seaspan

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Victoria Shipyards, based at the federally owned Esquimalt Graving Dock, has been served 72-hour strike notice by the union representing workers.

Finance Minister Mike de Jong says lack of job growth in the past two years is disappointing, but government is continuing its emphasis on natural gas and trade. Tom Fletcher/Black Press VICTORIA – Finance Minister Mike de Jong unveiled B.C.’s second straight surplus budget Tuesday, with few spending and tax changes as the province plans for economic growth driven by natural gas exports. The biggest tax change is that provincial tobacco tax goes up 32 cents a pack April 1, on top of the la...