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Environment/Climate Change
Pipelines safer than rail for transportation of crude, says Fraser Institute report
Think tank says rail transport 4.5 times more likely to have an accident
B.C. conservation service dangerously understaffed, says union
Province still has nine single-officer posts, according to BCGEU
Tree faller in B.C. dies while battling wildfire
Wildfire contractor John Joe Phare, 60, killed by falling tree
Oversight body to monitor environmental cleanup of N.W.T. mine
Giant Mine shut down since 2004 due to arsenic trioxide
Report details environmental risks of B.C. mining operations
Analysis outlines potential effects that tailings dams could have on First Nations communities
Diesel exhaust can alter DNA: study
UBC researchers put volunteers into polycarbonate-enclosed booth containing exhaust fumes
New Brunswick introduces moratorium on hydraulic fracturing
Province becomes fourth Canadian jurisdiction to ban fracking
Toxic Fissures
What goes down must come up. Flowback fluids — returning high-pressure fluids injected into the ground to fracture the rock formation and release natural gas or oil — have been linked to the deaths of four workers who appear to have suffered from acute chemical exposures during flowback operations at well sites in Williston Basin in North Dakota and Montana since 2010. As Canada’s oil-and-gas boom continues to fuel projects that involve hydraulic fracturing, just how much — or how little — do we know about what goes on underground?
One killed, four injured in Sarnia, Ontario plant explosion
Dust collection led to explosion at Veolia Environmental Services plant: Ministry of Labour
Union calls for changes in mining safety oversight
Mount Polley mine spill prompts calls for better health and safety oversight in British Columbia
A Fractured View
A report out of the United States, which found…
Alberta begins inspecting gravel crushing worksites
(Canadian OH&S News) — Less than a month after two workers were fatally injured at separate gravel crushing sites in Alberta, the provincial Ministry of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour has begun conducting focused inspections of these…
Saskatchewan farm investigated after child labour complaints
(Canadian OH&S News) — A family farm near Endeavour, Sask. has received clearance to allow the owners’ two young daughters to work at its onsite butcher shop, following an investigation by the Ministry of Labour Relations and…
Safety Goes Green
The fatalities came fast. First, a 1,300 kilogram steel wall slipped loose from a crane, smashing into another wall and bringing both down onto 40-year-old Bobby Lee Tohannie and 24-year-old Angel Hernandez. Half a year later, Harvey Englander…
