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Day of Mourning Kamloops

April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

    Day of Mourning Castlegar

    April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

    April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

      Day of Mourning Memorial Archway, Revelstoke

      The stone archway, which stands near the Columbia River at the beginning of the Greenbelt walkway, “marks the transition at the end of our lives from the living to the post-living”. The...

      The stone archway, which stands near the Columbia River at the beginning of the Greenbelt walkway, “marks the transition at the end of our lives from the living to the post-living”....

        Day of Mourning New Denver

        April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

        April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

          Day of Mourning Burnaby

          April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

          April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

            City of Vancouver April 28

            Dedicated to workers of the City of Vancouver whose lives have been lost in the workplace. Erected April 28, 1993.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques...

            Dedicated to workers of the City of Vancouver whose lives have been lost in the workplace. Erected April 28, 1993.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project...

              CUPE Local 454 Monument

              Constructed by artists Barry Dennisson & Gerry Suzuki, this memorial is In memory of CUPE Local 454 members, and the April 28 Day of Mourning. It is located in Rotary Park at the Delta Leisure...

              Constructed by artists Barry Dennisson & Gerry Suzuki, this memorial is In memory of CUPE Local 454 members, and the April 28 Day of Mourning. It is located in Rotary Park at the Delta...

                Day of Mourning Salmon Arm

                April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                  Day of Mourning McBride

                  April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                  April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                    Day of Mourning Fernie

                    April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                    April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                      Day of Mourning, Port Moody

                      April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                      April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                        Day of Mourning, Vancouver

                        In 2001, WorkSafeBC, the BC Federation of Labour, and the Business Council of British Columbia dedicated a permanent workers’ memorial in the Sanctuary in Hastings Park, Vancouver.(full...

                        In 2001, WorkSafeBC, the BC Federation of Labour, and the Business Council of British Columbia dedicated a permanent workers’ memorial in the Sanctuary in Hastings Park,...

                          Day of Mourning, Port Hardy

                          April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                          April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                            Day of Mourning, Wells

                            April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                            April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                              Runaway Train Wreck memorial

                              Memorial for 2 men who were killed in a train derailment, 2006.Conductor Tom Dodd and brakeman Don Faulkner were killed, and engineer Gordon Rhodes sustained serious injuries when their train lost...

                              Memorial for 2 men who were killed in a train derailment, 2006.Conductor Tom Dodd and brakeman Don Faulkner were killed, and engineer Gordon Rhodes sustained serious injuries when their train lost...

                                Copper Mountain Cairn

                                Near the centre of the Princeton cemetery stands a stone cairn with a bronze plaque affixed, a memorial to the nine men killed in a bunkhouse fire in 1928 at Copper Mountain.(full page)Plaque...

                                Near the centre of the Princeton cemetery stands a stone cairn with a bronze plaque affixed, a memorial to the nine men killed in a bunkhouse fire in 1928 at Copper Mountain.(full...

                                  Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

                                  Two plaques documenting the collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge in 1958, and the renaming of the bridge in 1994.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques...

                                  Two plaques documenting the collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge in 1958, and the renaming of the bridge in 1994.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques...

                                    Day of Mourning, Taylor

                                    April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                                    April 28 Day of Mourning Plaque, erected in approximately 2000 in a joint program between Worksafe BC, the BC Federation of Labour and the BC Business Council. The National Day of Mourning is...

                                      Granduc Mine Plaque

                                      Plaque commemorating the death of 26 men killed in an avalanche at Granduc Mine in 1965.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

                                      Plaque commemorating the death of 26 men killed in an avalanche at Granduc Mine in 1965.(full page)Plaque courtesy of the BC Labour Heritage Centre's project Plaques Around the Province. project

                                        Bentall Tragedy Plaque

                                        Memorial recognizing the four construction workers that died building the Bentall tower in 1981. Every January 7th, the BC Building Trades Council holds a ceremony to honour all construction...

                                        Memorial recognizing the four construction workers that died building the Bentall tower in 1981. Every January 7th, the BC Building Trades Council holds a ceremony to honour all...