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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_Hlk202866877">On Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 11 a.m., the BC Labour Heritage Centre will be unveiling a new heritage plaque in Nanaimo. The bronze plaque is part of our Plaques Around the Province series.<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk202866877'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk202866877'>The plaque and the unveiling ceremony are at Bowen Road Cemetery, 555 Bowen Road in Nanaimo. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk202866877'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk202866877'>The plaque was proposed by the Nanaimo Historical Society and financially supported by the BC Building Trades Council. It honours the 23 workers killed on October 17, 1951, while returning to Vancouver from the Kemano construction site in northwest BC.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk202866877'></span><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The event is open to the public. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please rsvp to: info@labourheritagecentre.ca<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>Donna Sacuta, Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'><a href="https://www.labourheritagecentre.ca/">BC Labour Heritage Centre</a></span><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#467886;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>604-419-0400 Cell: 604-833-1193</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>ufcw1518<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>