BURNABY, British Columbia, Oct. 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Following today’s announcement from the B.C. Coroner’s Service identifying the three workers killed in a tragic workplace accident in Fernie earlier this week, Cupe BC President Paul Faoro and National President Mark Hancock issued the following statement: “It was confirmed by the B.C. Coroner’s Service this morning that two of the victims in Fernie were CUPE members— Chief Facility Engineer Wayne Hornquist, a member of CUPE Local 2093 (City of Fernie,) and Director of Leisure Services Lloyd Smith, who was also a paramedic (off-duty at the time of the tragedy) and […]