Date:

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Details:

Dome Mountain Gold Mine Tour
11:30 am
Meet at the Hudson Bay Lodge – bring rubber boots and warm clothing.  Everything else supplied, including PPE and a pizza lunch.   Space is limited to 15, so please register in advance.   There is no cost for the tour.  Note that it is a 1-hour drive east of Smithers.

Plan B Micro-Brewery Tour
3:30 pm
Meet at the brewery, located on the Frontage Road at 3352 Highway 16 (Farwest Fuels building).   Cost is just $5 each which includes a full round of samples.   Space is limited to 20, so please register in advance.

Dinner Meeting and Northern Branch AGM
5:30 pm-8:30 pm in the Hudson Room, Hudson Bay Lodge.   Cost is $25 each for a great buffet dinner.  Annual General Meeting to follow dinner along with door prizes and great networking opportunities.  Please register in advance.

Come out and support your Northern Branch executive team!

Call Mark Allen at 250-877-9128 for further information.

Date:

April 30, 2011

Details:

Popsicle Bridge Brochure

Promotional Poster

Popsicle Bridge Rule Book

The next Northern Branch event will be the 2nd annual popsicle stick bridge breaking competition slated for April. We’re looking for volunteers in Kitimat, Terrace, Prince Rupert and Smithers. Please get a hold of the members at large and executive members in your area’s if you’re interested in getting involved.

Executive Members / Members at Large:
Kitimat:            Bruce Sheedy, P.Eng., Tanzir Faisal, EIT, Mark Gravel, P.Eng. (Chair), Alex Ramos, P.Eng. (Treasurer), Robin Lapointe, P.Eng. (Past Chair)
Prince Rupert: Janine Toneff, P.Eng., Jamie Malthus, EIT
Terrace:           Gordon Weary, P.Geo.; Chris Houston, EIT
Smithers:         Anastasia Ledwon, P.Geo., Mark Allen, P.Eng. (Vice Chair)

Date:

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Time:

11:00 am

Details:

For more information please contact Jamie Malthus jmalthus@rupertport.com.

Date/Time:

December 14th at 5pm.

Details:

I’d also like to take the opportunity to invite everyone once again to our next Executive Meeting.

See you out there,
Mark Gravel, P.Eng.
APEGBC Northern Branch Chair

The members of the Northern Branch soaked up the sun rays and breathtaking views during their tour of the Prince Rupert Grain in Prince Rupert on November 27. The event started with a delicious lunch at the Chances Gaming Center followed by a tour of PRG.

The members of the tour watched a video describing the impressive PRG operation and had a thorough tour of grain cleaner, silo stacks, and train dumping pits. With capacity to ship in excess of seven million tonnes a year, Prince Rupert Grain's (PRG) modern terminal has the highest throughput of any grain-cleaning elevator in Canada. Special thanks to Mark Newbery, Maintenance Superintendent of PRG Ltd. and our tour guide and Jamie Malthus, EIT Northern Branch Member at Large, for making the event a success.

Prince Rupert Grain: With capacity to ship in excess of seven million tonnes a year, Prince Rupert Grain's (PRG) modern terminal has the highest throughput of any grain-cleaning elevator in Canada. Its eight shipping bins and three tower-mounted loading spouts can load up to 4,000 tonnes of wheat or barley an hour. Using state-of-the-art technology, grain can be cleaned as fast as it is unloaded from rail cars.

Date:

Saturday, June 5, 2010

(APEGBC Northern Branch Executive: Back row L to R: Robin Lapointe (Past Chair), Alex Ramos-Espinoza (Treasurer), Mark Allen (Vice Chair), Bruce Sheedy (Member at Large), Front row, L to R: Jamie Malthus (Member at Large) Jonathan Lambert (Secretary), Russ Kingston (APEGBC President), Mark Gravel (Chair), Christopher Houston (Member at Large), Anastasia Ledwon (Member at Large))

At this year’s Annual General Meeting and Presidents Visit in Smither’s, the new Northern Branch Executive of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC thanked the past chair, Robin Lapointe of Lapointe Engineering Ltd., for re-uniting the Northern Branch in 2009. The current Northern Branch executive and membership of 200 includes representation from the Terrace, Smithers, Prince Rupert and Kitimat areas.
 
The goal of the Northern Branch is to promote community involvement and Engineering in the North. The Annual General Meeting, which included a visit from the APEGBC President, closed off a busy year that included a dinner meeting in Kitimat, featuring a presentation on the electrification of highway 37 project, and a bridge building competition in Prince Rupert. The Northern Branch is planning to host a friends and family barbecue in Terrace in September and a host of new events across the North in the new year.

Location:

Smithers Golf & Country Club, 1200 Scotia Street, Smithers, BC
Hudson Bay Lodge, 3251 East Highway 16, Smithers, BC

President's visit and AGM in Smithers on June 5, 2010. We are pleased that our President Mr. Russ Kinghorn, P.Eng has accepted our invitation to visit our Branch this summer. Please come out to hear more about your Association. We will be issuing more details, but in the meantime if you have any questions or would like to participate on the Northern Branch executive, please contact Mr. Mark Allen, P.Eng.