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Health & Safety
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Four crewmembers safe after their fishing boat caught fire Friday night
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Four crewmembers are safe after they were forced to abandon their fishing boat when it caught fire Friday night off the coast of Newfoundland. VOCM reports the crew fled to their life-raft after the Challenger Traveller…
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Culinary workers call for culture shift as #MeToo puts spotlight on harassment
When Tari Shear got her start in the restaurant industry as a hostess, she says enduring sexual harassment was one of the “expectations” of her job. Forced to put up with unwanted advances by customers and coworkers alike, Shear said…
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Cleanup begins after Nunavut inmates barricade prison wing
IQALUIT, Nunavut – Crews were cleaning up Nunavut’s notorious Baffin Correctional Centre after inmates barricaded themselves in a wing and caused considerable damage. “Significant repairs will be required to BCC’s Charlie unit,” Nunavut Justice Minister Jeannie Ehaloak said Thursday. “The…
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Worker dies of injuries suffered in industrial accident in Oshawa, Ont.
OSHAWA, Ont. – The Ministry of Labour says a worker who was critically injured Tuesday at a construction site in Oshawa, Ont., has died in hospital. Ministry spokeswoman Janet Deline says the worker was struck by a bucket that was…
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Female officer didn’t want charges after alleged sexual assault, commander says
HALIFAX – A military commander says a female officer only offered a “partial recollection” of an alleged sexual assault, and did not want to proceed with charges. The commander was called to the stand as the defence for Sgt. Kevin MacIntyre…
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Police chief calls for mass casualty plan in Saskatchewan after Broncos crash
Police chief calls for mass casualty plan in Saskatchewan after Broncos crash REGINA – A retired police chief wants the coroner’s office in Saskatchewan to develop a plan for responding to mass casualties like the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Former Saskatoon…
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Pot to be legal by mid September after senators pass pot legalization bill
OTTAWA – Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest after the Senate voted Tuesday to lift almost a century-old prohibition on cannabis. Senators voted 52-29, with two abstentions, to pass Bill…
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Quebec premier urges crane operators back to work as ‘illegal’ strike continues
MONTREAL – Premier Philippe Couillard warned Quebec’s crane operators Tuesday there will be consequences for what he called an illegal strike, as construction sites were paralyzed across the province for a second consecutive day. The premier said workers who refuse…
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Provincial police lay nearly 700 charges against truckers during 24 hour blitz
ORILLIA, Ont. – Provincial police say they laid nearly 700 charges against transport truck drivers during a day-long blitz on Ontario’s roads last week. Police partnered with the Ministry of Transportation and stopped a total of 1,692 trucks over the 24-hour…
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Female officers complained: Alberta RCMP staff sergeant charged with sex assault
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – A staff sergeant with the RCMP in northern Alberta has been suspended after being charged with one count of sexual assault. The RCMP says in a release that two female members of the Wood Buffalo detachment…
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National sports organizations have to report allegations of abuse immediately
OTTAWA – Sports Minister Kirsty Duncan says national sporting organizations will lose their federal funding if they don’t immediately disclose to her office any allegations of abuse or harassment that occur within their ranks. Changes to funding agreements that are…
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Three injured after industrial explosion outside St. John’s, N.L.
MOUNT PEARL, N.L. – It was, says Stefania Butler, like a scene from a movie. First, a sudden, massive bang. Then, debris everywhere and the roof flew off the building across the street at Trimac National Tank Services. “I was sitting here…
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Search continues for three missing fishermen off coast of Tofino, B.C.
TOFINO, B.C. – The search continues for three missing First Nations fishermen whose boat sank off the coast of Tofino. While the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre has scaled back its search and handed the case over to Tofino RCMP as…
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No injuries, no spills after train derails in Quebec’s Saguenay region
CHAMBORD, Que. – The Transportation Safety Board is investigating a train derailment that occurred about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City late Saturday night. Quebec provincial police says three cars went off the rails at about 11:20 p.m. near Chambord,…
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Supreme Court will not hear drug-testing appeal involving oilsands workers
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a union’s appeal of a key ruling about random drug testing at Suncor Energy’s oilsands operations in northeast Alberta. Suncor began testing staff in safety-sensitive jobs six years ago, prompting Unifor,…
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Master Lock Unveils Permit Control Station for Enhanced Group Lockout
Combined Group Lockout and Permit Documentation Station Marks Latest Innovation in The Master Lock Company’s Complete Portfolio of Safety Solutions Milwaukee (September 25, 2017) – The lack of effective lockout/tagout (LOTO) to properly control hazardous energy is a leading safety…
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Taking the Energy Out of Danger
Many types of maintenance and repair work necessitates physically neutralizing all energies of an equipment or machinery to prevent electrocution from contact with live circuits and accidental activation of a machinery on which a worker is repairing, which can result…
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The Lowdown on Lockouts
Routine maintenance, repair, setup and clearing clogged or misaligned feeds are among a host of reasons why workers remove barrier guards to get up close and personal with machinery and equipment. Having a proper lockout/tagout program is key to preventing…
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Locking Out Danger
In work environments that use powered equipment, machinery or any other source of stored energy, potential hazards are present whenever employees perform maintenance, repairs, installations, inspec-tions or other non-routine tasks. Regardless of whether it is in construc¬tion, manufacturing, engineering, oil…
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In A Split Second
A workplace accident cannot be undone, and the resulting injury can have lifelong ramifications on those who live to tell the tale. This is certainly the case for Kina Repp, an Ione, Washington-based safety-awareness advocate who speaks at industry events…