It takes more words to convey the same message in French as it does in English and while this isn’t an issue in a document, it is a challenge when visually presenting information in English and French in an infographic or slide deck, and the ability to develop succinct social media postings in both official languages can be particularly perplexing.

Il faut plus de mots pour transmettre le même message en français qu’en anglais. Cela n'est pas un problème dans un document, il s’agit cependant d’un défi lors de la mise en page des diaporamas ou des créations des infographistes. La capacité de développer des publications succinctes sur les médias sociaux dans les deux langues officielles peut donc être particulièrement complexe.

The CCGA is providing an alternative to its annual damage prevention symposium: a national platform to virtually connect damage prevention stakeholders, beginning October 2020 until May 2021.

Source: BCCGA | commongroundbc.ca

Getting out your shovel seems like no big deal. That is, until you hit a piece of underground pipe or cable. Then there’s a call to emergency services, a possible power or natural gas outage to your block, potential evacuations, risk of injury, and a big bill later.

Source: BC1C | bc1c.ca

Collectively, they have over 170 years (Yes! One hundred and seventy!) of experience in the damage prevention field and have been helping BC 1 Call in educating the excavating community about the importance of safe digging in BC.