In memory of the late Basil “Buzz” Hargrove (1944-2025) , president of the Canadian Autoworkers Union from 1998 to 2008, who on August 23, 2005, took time out from CAW negotiations with Ford to express solidarity with the locked out CBC employees. CBC News story Labour giant, former Canadian Auto Workers head Buzz Hargrove […]
Gaby Poirier, BC operations manager for the Rio Tinto Aluminum metals group called it a shining moment as the first ingots from the new modernized potlines were wheeled into the also new Henning Hall at the Kitimat smelter on Tuesday, July 7. Referring to the nearly complete Kitimat Modernization Project (KMP), Poirier said, “It’s now […]
The Royal Canadian Legion and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police lead the Canada Day parade in Kitimat, BC, July 1, 2012. (Robin Rowland) The Kitimat Marine Rescue Society’s Snowflake Responder in the Canada Day Parade. (Robin Rowland) Bechtel, which is building the Rio Tinto Alcan Kitimat Modernization Project had a small fleet of golf carts […]