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Hazmat
Preparing for Accidental Releases
Leaving worker safety to chance in environments where spills…
Pipelines safer than rail for transportation of crude: Fraser Institute
The debate over what is considered the safest method…
Hot and Bothered
Emergency responders who are tasked with cleaning up spills…
Responding to Spills
On February 24, two transport trucks in Toronto collided…
Saint John residents remain ‘very nervous’ after refinery blast, mayor says
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The mayor of Saint John,…
Teamsters ask Manitoba medical examiner for inquest into fatal train derailment
THOMPSON, Man. – A union is calling for an…
Beavers may have caused fatal train derailment in Manitoba: safety board
THOMPSON, Man. – A Transportation Safety Board investigator says…
Federal government accelerates phase out of rupture prone rail tankers
OTTAWA – The federal government is speeding up the…
Dräger Releases New Series of Single-Gas Monitors
Mississauga, Ontario (September 18, 2018) – With the Pac…
Fuel from derailed locomotive in Manitoba leaks into river, clean up underway
WINNIPEG – A train that derailed in northern Manitoba…
Canada sees info ‘gaps’ about dangerous goods moving through North
OTTAWA – The federal government says it doesn’t know…
Debris blown into air as explosions, fire, rock Alberta industrial park
NISKU, Alta. – Explosions and large flames lit up the…
Ammonia leak at Fernie, B.C., ice rink linked to aging equipment: report
VANCOUVER – Old equipment that continued to be used…
No danger after freight train derailment near Quebec Ontario border
Quebec’s public security minister offered assurances Tuesday that nothing…
Arena in Prince Rupert, B.C., briefly closed by ammonia leak from outside tank
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – A leak in an external…
Safety board chair says more needs to be done five years after Lac Megantic
OTTAWA – The head of the Transportation Safety Board…
Lac Megantic tragedy: Crown says bankrupt railway won’t have to stand trial
MONTREAL – The railway at the heart of the…
Inspections, training needed to prevent ammonia leaks at ice rinks: experts
VANCOUVER – Some industry experts are asking questions about…
Imperial warns faulty aircraft gasoline could pose fuel gauge interference
CALGARY – Imperial Oil Ltd. is warning regulators and…
MMA and former employees settle, fined $1.25 million in Lac Megantic case
MONTREAL – The bankrupt railway at the centre of…
