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An award presented by Business Examiner to Herb Doman recognizing him as one of the "top 25 leaders impacting the quality of life on South Vancouver Island". The award consists of a paper certificate and includes the text of the award along with the logo of the Business Examiner publication. The Business Examiner is a newspaper focusing on business and related issues. It is a monthly publication with regional variations catered to four communities: Vancouver Island, Greater Victoria, Thompson Okanagan, and Peace Cariboo Skeena.

A: A copy of a letter from George Robbins to the publication The News Leader wherein George nominates Herb Doman for "Greatest Cowichanian of the past 100 years". B: A copy of a flyer advertising the "Greatest Cowichinian" feature, explaining the guidelines and a related prize draw.

Excerpt of a newspaper featuring an article titled "25 Years ago in the Lake News". The article includes a photo of Doman Industries transport truck no. 143 hauling a single large felled tree taken from the "TW Mackenzie loadout" and bound for Ladysmith Forest Products. Driver Ron Forsen stands on the truck bed with his hand on the log.

Advertisement of J. Edward Bird's legal firm. J. Edward Bird, hired by the Khalsa Diwan Society to represent the passengers on board the Komagata Maru in Vancouver, 1914 was a regular advertiser in the Socialist Party newspaper. The Western Clarion, April 6, 1907, 4.

Graphic logo of Western Clarion with a tagline, "Published in the interests of the working class alone."

The front page of the December 16th, 1946 issue of the IWA publication The B.C. Lumber Worker . The front page features an illustration of two lumber workers shaking hands over the IWA logo, and includes a "Seasons Greetings" message rendered in French, English, Swedish, Punjabi, Ukranian, and Chinese.

Page 5 of the November 1st, 1943 issue of the IWA publication The B.C. Lumber Worker . This page includes an article covering the accomplishments of South Asian workers in a Youbou Sawmill, which the article identifies as the first group of Asian workers in said mill to be one-hundred percent unionized. Through organization, they were able to achieve equal pay and improved living standards.

Two pages of the July 12th, 1943 issue of the IWA publication The B.C. Lumber Worker , including pages 3 and 6. Page 3 includes a brief article covering a gathering of Sikhs at the town of Paldi, B.C. Page 6 includes an article covering the continuing fight for equal pay among Youbou labourers, which is accompanied by a statement regarding Youbou wages rendered in Chinese and in Hindi.

Two pages of the March 8th, 1943 issue of the IWA publication The B.C. Lumber Worker , including the front page and page 3. The third page includes a story covering the efforts of Indian and Chinese workers at the Youbou Sawmill to attain equal pay for their work. Also mentioned is their endorsement of the plea for Ghandi's release from prison and for the granting of self-government to the people of India.

Front page of the April, 1975 issue of the IWA publication Green Gold News . The headlining story concerns an ongoing conflict with another union. At the Canadian Cellulose Company's Sawmill in Terrace, B.C., the PPWC (Pulp, Paper and Woodworkers of Canada) staged a "raid" where they attempted to convince a majority of the mill's employees to sign up for their union instead of the IWA. The article alleges that this was motivated by revenge, as many of the PPWC leaders were former officers of the CLAC (Christian Labour Association of Canada), the Union that held the majority of the sawmill's employees before the switch to IWA control. A frequent refrain in the article is the IWA's capacity to provide better benefits to its members through stronger bargaining ability than the CLAC or PPWC. The article also accuses the PPWC of various unethical practices, such as wasting union funds on luxuries afforded to high-ranking officers and only raiding workplaces controlled by unions that provide better working conditions than they do. Included in the article are photos of Plant Chairman Surinder Malhotra and Walter Kozij, both of whom played a role in resisting the raid.