Via Rail adds three dome cars to Skeena route
Via Rail will equip the Skeena tourist line from Jasper to Prince Rupert with three new dome cars, two 78-seaters and one 66-seater, purchased from BC Rail. Mechanical work will ensure compatibility ahead of the tourist season, with a tri weekly schedule now in place and plans to boost trip frequencies.
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Prince Rupert
Jasper
Via
Joe Volk
BC Rail
Volk
Prince Rupert Grain ratifies new contract after overnight talks
At Ridley Island facility Prince Rupert Grain workers ratified a "made in Prince Rupert" collective agreement with wage and benefit improvements. About 60 percent of the 85 hourly employees voted yes amid sympathy votes from Vancouver grain workers claiming common employer. Picket lines and brief shutdowns accompanied the deal.
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Study aims to cut seniors falls in East Kootenay care homes
The Interior Health Authority launches a $300,000 study across eight East Kootenay long term care facilities to standardize fall reporting and identify prevention strategies over six months. Clinical consultant Cindy Burrows notes rising fall rates in institutional settings and the high costs of injuries.
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Cranbrook
Interior Health Authority
East Kootenay
IHA
Cindy Burrows
Burrows
Interior lumber groups merge to form single voice in COFI
Prince George report says three Interior associations including the Northern Forest Products Association will join with the Council of Forest Industries to create a unified lobby for Interior lumber issues. A head office will be in Vancouver with satellite offices in Prince George and Kelowna. Some staff reductions expected as four groups consolidate.
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Interior
COFI
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Northern Lumber Organization
Northern Interior Lumbermen’s
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