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Health & Safety
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Occupational safety officers investigate deaths of three people near Edmonton
LEDUC, Alta. – RCMP say three men have died in a workplace accident in an industrial area just south of Edmonton. Police, firefighters and emergency crews responded Thursday afternoon to a call at Millennium Cryogenic Technologies in Leduc. Leduc Mayor…
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Canada Post must deal with ‘injury crisis’ to end walkouts, says union
OTTAWA – Canada Post’s latest contract offers to its workers has positives but not enough to put an end to rotating walkouts that are causing mail and parcel delivery delays across the country, the head of the Canadian Union of…
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Ontario excludes OHL players from provincial employment standards
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – The Government of Ontario is excluding Ontario Hockey League players from provincial employment standards legislation in order to keep a “level playing field” with other major junior hockey leagues across the country, the province said in a…
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Canada Post issues new offer to employees as eBay calls on Ottawa to end strikes
OTTAWA – Canada Post has issued what it calls a “time-limited” contract offer to its employees in hopes of ending rotating strikes that have created a historic backlog of undelivered parcels. The offer Wednesday to members of the Canadian Union…
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Ontario manufacturing company fined for factory accident that left child dead
LINWOOD, Ont. – Ontario’s Minstry of Labour says a steel tubing manufacturer has been fined $150,000 for violations related to a factory accident that left a child dead. The ministry says a worker was at J.M. Lahman Manufacturing Inc. in…
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Cirque du Soleil employees uncomfortable with decision to perform in Saudi Arabia
MONTREAL – Cirque du Soleil’s decision to go ahead with more performances in Saudi Arabia next month despite international outrage over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is creating a malaise within circus ranks, The Canadian Press has learned. Following…
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Won’t name 2 MLAs accused of inappropriate behaviour because of privacy: premier
LITTLE BUFFALO, Alta. – Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the NDP caucus won’t reveal the names of two legislature members accused of inappropriate behaviour. Notley says both cases have been addressed internally and divulging details and identities would jeopardize the…
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Teacher arrested after alleged altercation with teenager at high school
HALIFAX – A teacher with a prior record of assault has been arrested after an altercation that began when he allegedly removed a Halifax-area youth’s earbuds. A video has been circulating of part of the Oct. 3 incident at Cole…
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Crowd watches as backhoe rips into mangled plane after Halifax runway overrun
HALIFAX – Crews have begun tearing into the mangled Boeing 747 cargo jet that overshot a Halifax runway last week, as gawkers marvelled at the huge wreck – and how close the plane came to breaching the airport’s fence and…
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Mayor ‘fed up’ with explosions from Saint John metal recycling facility
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The mayor of Saint John, N.B., says a large explosion at the city’s American Iron & Metal recycling facility rattled the harbourfront Saturday morning. Don Darling said the blast shook nearby houses, adding that he received…
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Court appearance for company owner whose truck involved in Broncos bus crash
CALGARY – The owner of a trucking company involved in the fatal Humboldt Broncos bus crash appeared without a lawyer at his first court appearance Friday. Sukhmander Singh of Adesh Deol Trucking was represented by duty counsel, who asked the…
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Mishaps put spotlight on Irving family’s relationship with Saint John, N.B.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – It’s been a tough month for one of Canada’s wealthiest families. The Irvings of New Brunswick are facing renewed scrutiny after a major industrial accident at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John – one month…
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Operations suspended after chain falls near workers on N.S. offshore drill rig
HALIFAX – Operations of some non-producing wells at the Sable Offshore Energy Project have been suspended after an accident on a drilling rig involved in decommissioning wells off Nova Scotia. A news release Thursday from the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum…
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Honeywell launches Uvex Avatar™ OTG Safety Eyewear to protect industrial workers
Nov 16, 2018 — Honeywell announced today it has launched Uvex Avatar™ OTG safety eyewear, a new over-the-glass style designed to meet the changing needs of the U.S. workforce. Three out of four adults in the United States wear eyewear…
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Canada losing ground on abuse and harassment reporting in sports: study
Sheldon Kennedy’s sexual abuse case against hockey coach Graham James rocked Canadian sport in the late 1990s, and Canada stepped up, writing one of the strongest sexual harassment and abuse policies in the world, experts say. But 20 years later,…
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Explosion felt inside Alberta community centre before building cleared
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. – A fire and an explosion in the vicinity of a large community centre just east of Edmonton led to an evacuation of the complex followed by a heavy police presence. The blast early Tuesday evening near…
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Cargo plane goes off runway on landing in Halifax, sending four crew to hospital
HALIFAX – A 747 cargo plane went off the runway while landing early Wednesday at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, leaving a trail of debris and sending four crew to hospital. Airport spokeswoman Theresa Rath Spicer said the SkyLease Cargo plane…
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No major injuries after explosion at Halifax industrial park, fire service says
HALIFAX – There were no major injuries after a silo roof explosion in the Burnside industrial park on Monday, the Halifax fire department says. It said on Twitter the first calls reporting a loud explosion to 911 were made by…
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Man, 74, dead after suffering serious injuries in Saskatoon industrial accident
SASKATOON – A man is dead after an industrial accident in Saskatoon. Police say the 74-year-old victim had serious injuries when officers found him at the scene in the city’s north end shortly before 5 p.m. Monday. The man died…
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Investigation into northern B.C. bus crash underway but all injured released
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – RCMP investigators point to weather and slippery road conditions as possible factors in a bus crash north of Prince George, B.C., that sent 18 people to hospital. RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says there’s nothing to suggest…