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Anyox

400 miners, 100 police, two navy ships and a machine gun Anyox and the 1933 miners’ strike Written and researched by Donna Sacuta Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting and Power Company “owned the souls” of the 1,500 who lived in Anyox, B.C., “from the minerals in the hills, the police station Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 8 monthsOctober 1, 2024 ago
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Raising the Scarlet Banner High

The 1930s in Prince George, B.C. by Donna Sacuta and Dr. George Davison In November 1932, the foreman at the Penny B.C. relief camp, 100 kms east of the city, struck one of the residents in the back of the head with the flat side of a double-bladed axe during Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 2 yearsJune 22, 2023 ago
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“So Vividly, I remember”

April 23, 1935 In April 1935 thousands of single unemployed men organized by the Relief Camp Workers’ Union went on strike to demand “Work and Wages” as the Depression wore away at the country. “Hunger marches, demonstrations, tin-canning, large public rallies and boisterous snake dances through downtown streets became as Read more…

By BC Labour Heritage Centre, 6 yearsApril 17, 2019 ago
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