Archived Newsletters

Fall 2017 (PDF 6.4 Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• BCSSGA Committees
• BCSSGA Membership
• A Word from the Editor
• Highlights from BCSSGA Meeting
• Community News – Touch the Truck Event
• Polaris Press Release August 2017
• Independent Contractors and Business Association Upcoming Courses
• Drone Regulations
• Water Sustainability Act – An Update
• Truck Scale Fraud 101 con’t on
• Press release of the BC Stone, Sand and Gravel Association
• Upcoming Events and Contact Information

 

Summer 2017 (PDF 1.5 Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• BCSSGA Membership
• A Word from the Editor
• BCCSA’s Silica Control Tool now LIVE
• Welcome New Members
• Haver & Boecker’s Hydro-Clean 1000 Wash Plant
• FWS Group of Companies
• One Quarry Job Creates Nearly Five Others
• Independent Contractors and Business Association Upcoming Courses
• Grown in Gravel
• Press release of the BC Stone, Sand and Gravel Association

 

Winter 2016 (PDF 6.5 Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• Highlights from BCSSGA Meeting
• Proposed Changes to the GVRD Non-Road Diesel Engine Emission Regulation
• BCSSGA Welcomes New Member “Moffatt & Nichol”
• BC Road Builders History Book and Road Trip Wines
• Independent Contractors and Businesses Association Upcoming Courses
• Cowichan Valley v. Cobble Hill Holdings
• Mine Rescue Certification at Mainland Sand and Gravel
• Mine Rescue & First Aid Competition
• What’s wrong with this photo?

 

Fall 2016 (PDF 6.5 Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• Valley Gravel Sales wins BC Mine Reclamation Award
• The Future is Coming – An Introduction to API CK-4 and FA-4
• Aggregates – You Can’t Build Without Them
• NCSO now a National Designation
• Bridging the Gap
• Independent Contractors and Businesses Association Upcoming Courses
• New Web Platform Launched to Make Mine Information More Accessible
• BC Ministry of Mines Announces Further Updates to the Mining Code
• BC Spill Response Regime
• Email from Minister of Energy and Mines, Bill Bennett

 

Spring 2016 (PDF 4.6Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• Water Sustainability Act
• Highlights from Jan 28/Mar 30 Meetings
• B.C. Streamlines Land and Land Title Acts
• Independent Contractors and Businesses Ass. Upcoming Courses
• BC Road Builders – 2015 Betty Spalton Scholarship Winners
• In Memory – Dave Smith & John Foreman
• Settling Pond Eliminator
• 54th Annual Mine Safety Award Winners
• Mine Rescue Training Format
• Public Participation in the EA Process
• New Penalties Strengthen Compliance and Enforcement for Mining
• BCSSGA’s Safety Training Site

 

Winter 2015 (PDF 6.8Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• Meeting Highlights
• Haver & Boecker Offers Customers Convenient Option for Material Testing
• Independent Contractors and Businesses Association Upcoming Courses
• Musculoskeletal Disorders and Mining
• Mining Association of British Columbia Congratulates New Federal Government
• The Grit on Safety in The Sand & Gravel Industry
• WorkSafe BC Update

 

Spring 2015 (PDF 6.9 Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• Meeting Highlights – Jan 14, Mar 5
• Rock to Road : Top 10 Under 40
• BC 10 yr Transportation Plan
• Slow Down Move Over legislation
• Upcoming courses – Independent contractors
• 53rd Mine Safety Award Winners
• CWA Engineers Inc – New Member Recogniction
• Personal Optional Protection Update

 

Winter 2014 (PDF 5.1 Mb)

• BCSSGA Committees
• Meeting Highlights
• Profile: Innovative Mining Services
• BC Road Builders’ Shift into Winter Campaign
• Women in Mining
• Worksafe BC: Multi-Cultural Workforce
• The Business Case for Safety
• It’s Time To Put On Your Safety H.A.T.
• Upcoming ICBA Training Sessions.

 

Fall 2014 (PDF 6.5 Mb)

• BCRMCA Convention
• Resource Road Radio
• Smithers Outreach
• Soil Removal
• BC Road Riders
• Non-Road Diesel
• Mount Polley
• Women in Mining

Spring 2014 (PDF 6.5 Mb)

• $11 Billion LNG Project Seeks Concrete Answers
• Inland Kenworth/Parker Pacific Going the Distance
• BCSA Can Help With All Your Safety Needs
• Independent Contractors & Businesses Association Upcoming Courses
• December 2013 Chief Inspector’s Directive: NxBurst Safety Cartridges, Storage and Use
• Injury Management: The Importance of Return to Work
• Bill 17

 

Winter 2013 (PDF 5.2 Mb)

• Hazard Assessment Training (HAT)
• Mining Facts
• Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage
• Kwantlen Park Holiday Hamper Program
• Upcoming ICBA Training Sessions
• Aggregate Recycling Promotion Act, 2013
• WorkSafe News

 

Fall 2013 (PDF 5.2 Mb)

• Hazard Awareness Program
• The Reclamation of Abbotsford Gravel Sales
• Alternate means of Escape from Mobile Equipment
• Injury Management: The Importance of Return to Work
• Is Your Company Prepared for the WorkSafeBC Experience Rating Changes?
• Behind the Scenes with Maggie Dorf, Executive Producer of Mining Your Future
• Case Summary: The Corporation of the District of Peachland v. Peachland Self Storage Ltd.

 

Spring 2013 (PDF 2.2 Mb)

• That’s Just Common Sense
• MOFL&NRO Site Visits
• Mainland Sand & Gravel Ltd – Swiftwater Rescue Team 2012
• A New Direction: B.C. Association Changes Brand to Make Aggregates a Known Commodity
• B.C. Gravel Industry Pulls Out of FVRD Gravel Removal Plan

 

Winter 2012 (PDF 2.3 Mb)

• Happy Holidays!
• The Impact of the Return of the BC Provincial Sales Tax
• State of RAP Industry I
• State of RAP Industry II
• State of RAP Industry III
• The Operation of a Recycle Yard Within a Mine Site

 

Fall 2012 (PDF 2.8 Mb)

• We’re Rockin’ a New Name
• Do You Work in Bear Country?
• Training in Human Factors are Next Step in Safety Evolution
• BC Labour Task Force News

 

Spring 2012 (PDF 5.4 Mb)

• Mining Benefiting Agriculture
• New Employee Benefit & Pension Program Supports the APABC
• Rehabilitation of Pits and Quarries (with photo gallery)
• Lafarge Abbotsford Gravel Pit Reclamation: A Success Story
• BCCSA Services Focus on Direct Assistance
• BC Mining Blog Pit Tour