MONTREAL – The union representing Quebec’s special constables took the government to court Monday, seeking a judgment that would bolster their numbers across the province. Special constables have long argued that there are too few of them at the province’s…
TORONTO – Ontario’s public broadcaster says it has launched an investigation into an allegation of sexual harassment against host Steve Paikin. TVO says Paikin is alleged to have made inappropriate comments to a woman during a lunch in 2010. The…
TORONTO – When University of Victoria basketball coach Dani Sinclair went into labour in the middle of a hard-fought playoff run, she struggled with a dilemma no male coach ever faces: should she recover and cocoon with her newborn in…
DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. – An investigation is underway into a helicopter crash Thursday evening in a snow-covered field near Drummondville, Que., that claimed the lives of three people. Quebec provincial police said Friday the crash occurred at about 9 p.m. just…
VAUGHAN, Ont. – Police north of Toronto say they are looking for witnesses after a 52-year-old man was killed in an industrial accident earlier in the week. York regional police say officers responded to a report that a man had…
TORONTO – A supervisor jailed for a scaffolding collapse in which four men were killed and another was seriously hurt lost his bid on Tuesday to challenge his criminal-negligence conviction and 3 1/2-year sentence. In dismissing his appeal, Ontario’s top…
FERNIE, B.C. – A judge says police do not have to turn over records that were seized during an investigation of a fatal ammonia leak at an ice rink in southeastern British Columbia. The City of Fernie asked the provincial…
HALIFAX – A long-awaited public inquiry into the death of an Afghan war veteran who killed his family and himself in rural Nova Scotia last year could be derailed by jurisdictional squabbling, a leading expert on judicial probes says. The…
RICHMOND, B.C. – The fatal crash of a small float plane in central British Columbia was partly the result of an optical illusion associated with low-altitude flights, as well as overweight and improperly secured cargo, the Transportation Safety Board says.…
TORONTO – Ontario transit agency Metrolinx says it was the target of a cyberattack that originated in North Korea, but no personal information was compromised and systems that operate its trains and buses were not affected. Spokeswoman Anne Marie Aikins…
EDMONTON – More than two years after Alberta passed legislation with new safety rules for farms, Labour Minister Christina Gray says the province is still consulting and has no specific timeline to enact the regulations. “We want to work with…
TORONTO – The Transportation Safety Board is investigating after a wheel of a plane went off a runway at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport on Sunday evening. A spokeswoman for the Greater Toronto Airports Authority says the Air Georgian flight became…
RICHMOND, B.C. – Gusty crosswinds and poor decision-making by the pilot are blamed for causing the hard landing of a float plane on British Columbia’s north coast that seriously injured one person. A Transportation Safety Board report identifies those two…
BOBCAYGEON, Ont. – A Toronto firefighter has died in a snowmobile accident near Bobcaygeon, Ont. Provincial police say the body of 48-year-old Earl Strong of Courtice, Ont., was recovered from Sturgeon Lake on Sunday afternoon. Police say two snowmobilers were…
VANCOUVER – The union at a Teck Resources Ltd. coal mine near Sparwood, B.C., says it’s concerned about worker safety following an explosion that knocked out the mine’s coal drying complex last week. Alex Hanson, president of United Steelworkers Local…
GILLAM, Man. – An employee with Edmonton-based contractor that’s building a transmission line for Manitoba Hydro’s Keeyask generating station is dead after a job-site accident. The contractor, Forbes Brothers Ltd., said the man was critically injured while securing a load…
REGINA – The Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce says it likes the provincial government’s private sector-friendly marijuana policy. The chamber says it supports the government’s plan to allow businesses to sell and control the distribution of recreational cannabis when it becomes…
OXNARD, Calif. (Dec. 5, 2017) — The weather may be getting colder, but the risk of thermal hazards such as flash fire and arc flash is still just as significant, and selecting the right flame-resistant (FR) outerwear is essential to…
FERNIE, B.C. – The mayor of Fernie, B.C., says an immediate priority for her East Kootenay city is to reopen the local arena months after three men were killed there. Fernie Memorial Arena has been closed since Oct. 17 when…
RICHMOND, B.C. – Insufficient route planning and the absence of a dedicated lookout contributed to a tourist vessel running aground during a bear-watching excursion off Vancouver Island in October 2016, the Transportation Safety Board says. Twenty-six passengers and two crew…