Category
Health & Safety
-
Employers can do more to address workplace fatigue
National standard could help address issue: CSA Group
-
Toyota worker’s suicide ruled work-related after harassment
Deceased was repeatedly called an ‘idiot’ by his boss: lawyer
-
B.C. Liberals table school bus seatbelt bill, while NDP waits on Ottawa
Chilliwack-area petition has 120,000 signatures pushing increased safety
-
Great Panther reports second mining fatality in less than two weeks
In-depth review of policy underway for Vancouver-based company
-
At work, being awake is not good enough
Employers play critical role in mitigating fatigue
-
Workplace safety top priority for Ontario labour minister
Program rewarding safe employers to launch this month: McNaughton
-
Safety board confirms lingering design problem behind N.W.T. float-plane crash
Issue was well-known, but action was never taken
-
2019 NSC Congress and Expo attendance topped 15,000
Annual U.S.-based event is a global affair
-
Saskatchewan expands WCB coverage for firefighters
6 more forms of cancer to receive presumptive coverage
-
The end of dangerous working conditions starts with informed consumers
(CP) — Halloween has just passed and your kids are probably still polishing off this year’s candy haul. As recently reported in the Washington Post, there’s a good chance that some of those chocolate treats were made using child labour.…
-
Landscape company fined $45,000 after worker falls from ladder with chainsaw running
2018 incident in Muskoka left two workers injured
-
Small-aircraft operators making ‘gradual drift’ toward unsafe flying: TSB
Complacency needs to end before more injuries, deaths occur
-
Alberta to prevent lawsuits against homeowners who stand up to criminals
Legislative changes meant to combat rural crime: minister
-
Edible cannabis is now legal. Should employers be concerned?
There is a greater risk of employees reporting to work impaired as they may consume cannabis orally, but misjudge the extent or duration of the resulting impairment.
-
Quebec considering labelling stress, burnout as occupational illnesses
Province expected to release new mental health plan in 2020
-
Cannabis shows potential for treating PTSD: study
Mental health indicators improved with lower-risk cannabis use
-
Ontario students empowered with lifesaving CPR skills
ACT Foundation leads workshop to kick off CPR month
-
Saskatoon firefighters face extra hazard at burning fireworks shop
SASKATOON (CP) — Firefighters had to deal with heavy smoke, zero visibility and exploding fireworks during a struggle to get a blaze under control in Saskatoon. Smoke was billowing from the roof and front of a burning fireworks store when emergency crews…
-
Manitoba government wants to educate about cannabis edibles, ban public use
Province plans to restrict all forms of public consumption
-
Safety measures urged ahead of Take Our Kids to Work Day
Canadian workplaces will open to Grade 9 students on Nov. 6
