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Sports | Politics | PR | Plus all things 🇨🇦 and local to #NorthVan. Communications professional and mum to teens and a black lab.

North Vancouver
Joined April 2009
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John Rustad will restore shopping bag choice, end bag fees at the grocery store, and bring back plastic straws & cutlery. #BCpoli
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BC's business community has serious concerns regarding Bill 9. Gov't is bypassing an ongoing review of the Labour Relations Code, ignoring its own consultation, to legislate a major change with wide-ranging economic consequences. Read our letter to the @bcndp gov't⬇️#bcpoli
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Great to have you @KevinFalcon
Visited the Seaspan Shipyards last week and I'm truly impressed by the incredible work they're doing. 🚢⚓️ Not only are they building ships, but they're also crafting amazing job opportunities for our community. Keep up the great work @Seaspan!
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It's World Photo Day! 📸 We've had no shortage of great shots from this year. Take a look and let us know which one is your favourite 👇
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Meet Lorne Sam, apprentice welder at Seaspan Victoria Shipyards, and hear about the journey that brought him to welding, his personal goal of being a positive example for people of all backgrounds, and about the significance of the First Nations workforce at Seaspan #NIPD2023
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Can an electric truck ⚡ perform as well as a diesel truck? 🚚 According to Kevin, North America's most experienced Terberg battery truck operator, the answer is an unequivocal yes! On #WorldEnvironmentDay 🌱, take a quick spin on our battery-powered 🔋 terminal trucks.
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Happy to help out! 💪
Thank you @seaspan for donating plate steel to Argyle! We made two new welding tables with it! Students for years to come will have a new functional welding space for large scale projects. Thanks to Nikita V & Charlie M & Noah N for manufacturing them. @NVSD44
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Ed needn't have been nervous, he did a fantastic job last night at the @IPSSevent! He is an incredibly valued member of the team here at Seaspan - we were happy to profile him in a video which also highlighted HaiSea Marine, a partnership between @Haisla_Nation and Seaspan.
My brother Ed being a bundle of nerves at the Indigenous success conference in Vancouver. He’s never been on stage before and was talking about his 10 yrs working w/Seaspan for the LNG projects in Kitimat. This is what it all boils down to
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Seaspan Shipyards has cut steel on a ‘Prototype block’ setting a course for building the flagship vessel of the @CoastGuardCAN' s icebreaking fleet - the first heavy Polar Icebreaker built in Canada 🇨🇦 in 60+ years. News release📰👇 ow.ly/Qh6R50OBLNx
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Seaspan is proud to be a founding member of @ShoreGala, with this year's event taking place this Thursday, May 18. Aren't able to attend but still want to support this year's local beneficiaries? Check out the event's online silent auction! can.givergy.com/NorthShoreWa…
Our silent auction, presented by @NLawGrad is now live! Click here rb.gy/1wp15 to support @BPBuddies_ & North Shore Crisis Services Society!
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Seaspan Shipyards is proud to sponsor @YWCAVAN's Women of Distinction Awards. This year, we had the pleasure of announcing the recipient in the Arts & Culture category, Carrie Tennant. Congratulations to Carrie and all the inspiring nominees last night! #YWCAWODA
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Good day at the office. @Seaspan – at Delta, British Columbia
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Is EV up to the challenge of medium and heavy-duty trucking? 🚛 YES! Today @Seaspan is one of 9 companies to receive a total of $17.3 million from the Commercial Vehicle Pilots program to electrify the commercial transport sector! #CleanBC
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As a Business Member of @ccab_national, Seaspan is proud to announce we have become a CCAB Aboriginal Procurement Champion, a designation focused on supporting the growth of a diverse and prosperous Indigenous business community. Full press release👇 seaspan.com/press-release/se…
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We had some *very* special guests at Vancouver Drydock earlier this week. @scoutscanada's Local 21 Capilano Beaver Scouts got a guided tour of our drydock + a @BCFerries vessel. With how excited they all were, there might have been a few future Seaspan employees in the group 👨‍🏭👷‍♀️
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If you spot one of our special #StPatricksDay tugboats out on the water today, be sure to follow it to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow 😉💰🟢
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“We are often told that tugboats are no place for women.”  That outdated sentiment is why we recently held a ‘Women in Marine’ open house & networking event, w/ partners @BCFerries @bcit @WesternMaritime, designed to support, inspire and encourage diversity - at sea & on shore.
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Today, HaiSea Marine, majority owned by @Haisla_Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC, is celebrating 🎉 the official naming and blessing of its tug boat fleet, which includes the world’s first fully electric ⚡ harbour tug boats. 📰 Press Release: seaspan.com/press-release/ha…
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Wow, there's a lot going on at @Seaspan Shipyards in #NorthVan! Really appreciated the opportunity to give a (very rambly) talk to their diverse workforce for #InternationalWomensDay and receive an updated tour of the incredible work they're doing on the shipbuilding front.
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