Sooke plumber a champion for women in construction

Mary-Anne Bowcott is not what you’re expecting, and she’s used to that.
The 33-year-old owner of Westcom Plumbing and Gas in Sooke still registers the surprise, sometimes shock, in people’s eyes when she walks in the door with her tools.
But over the past 10 years, the journeyman plumber and certified gas fitter has gotten used to the odd raised eyebrow, and never let it get in the way of establishing her small company as a force to be reckoned with on the Island.
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