PRINCE RUPERT VOL. 8 NO. 25
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Flames engulf mini storage warehouse Cause of fire remains unknown
BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
Feature Scenes from the Seafest weekend. Pages A8-A12
Prince Rupert fire chief Dave McKenzie confirmed Monday morning that the June 5 fire that destroyed North Coast Pacific Mini Storage is not being treated as suspicious. Representatives from the fire department, RCMP, Fire C o m m i s s i o n e r ’s Office and the insurance agency spent the weekend sifting through the debris on the site, but have yet to determine what exactly started the blaze. “We found 95 per cent of everything we need to determine a cause, but that one key piece is missing,” McKenzie said, noting that the amount of debris left over and the water under the structure are making it difficult. “We know what we’re looking for and when we find it we’ll have a cause ... but it’s like trying to find a needle in a haystack.” The report of the fire reached the Prince Rupert Fire Department at 9:27 p.m. on Wednesday, but by then the structure was engulfed in flames. See FIRE on Page A2
“The facility is completely gone.”
- Dave McKenzie
Business LNG terminal open house. Page A14
Todd Hamilton / The Northern View
RCMP were on scene to control the crowds that gathered in Seal Cove on the night of June 5 to witness a fire that destroyed the Pacific North Coast Mini Storage facility.
Sports Ladies hit the link for Jubilee. Page A11
Hospital to pay for anti-union actions IUOE compensation to go back two years BY SHAUN THOMAS PRINCE RUPERT / The Northern View
Haida Gwaii Old Massett growing tourism. Page B2
The Prince Rupert Regional Hospital (PRRH) will have to compensate members of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) who lost their jobs following the conversion of the hospital’s boiler from steam to electric. The Labour Relations Board (LRB) previously ruled that Northern Health and PRRH management acted in an anti-union manner when undertaking the conversion, with some memos noting the move was being done
“I leave it to the parties to work out the amount each union members is owed.” - Bruce Wilkins in part to eliminate the IUOE from the hospital following a number of grievances. In late May,
the board outlined the steps to be taken to remedy the wrong-doing. “A number of union members were given displacement notices on July 19, 2011. Some of its members were on sick leave at the material time, and one was challenging his termination through arbitration. Union members who were working at the time were given one week to exercise displacement options under the collective agreement upon receiving displacement notices,” read the ruling signed by LRB vice-chair Bruce Wilkins. See IUOE on Page A2
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