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Health & Safety
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Government wins last ditch reprieve for law allowing inmate segregation
TORONTO – Prisoner isolation, declared unconstitutional 18 months ago, will remain legal for now after Canada’s top court granted Ottawa’s urgent request to allow the current law to stay in force for the time being. The reprieve from the Supreme…
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Low levels of THC in marijuana don’t increase crashes: study
VANCOUVER – Smoking marijuana containing low levels of the drug’s main psychoactive ingredient does not increase most drivers’ risk of a crash even though Canada’s impaired-drug laws would penalize them, says the lead investigator of a study that analyzed THC…
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Quebec Premier apologizes to agronomist who blew whistle on pesticide study
Quebec Premier Francois Legault today apologized to a whistleblower who was fired after going public with concerns about the pesticide industry’s influence on public research. Legault says the government will do what it can to return agronomist Louis Robert to…
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The Battle Over Vaccines
Workplace safety in the Digital Era never fails to yield surprising twists and turns. The measles outbreak in Canada presents not only a public-health risk, but also threatens those who work in healthcare. Teachers and staff who are employed in…
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Venus Versus Mars
Creating a respectful work environment has never been trickier as the momentum created by the #MeToo movement continues to rock workplace gender dynamics and threatens to put a dent on organizational cohesion – even widen the gender gap. hanging mindsets…
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Honeywell Introduces Award-Winning Verishield 100 Series Passive Earmuffs
FORT MILL, N.C. (May 15, 2019) — Honeywell introduces the Honeywell Howard Leight VeriShield 100 Series Passive Earmuffs – optimized for comfort with memory foam cushions, adjustable fit, hard hat integration and long-wearing protection. Awarded by the prestigious iF World…
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Sentence expires for man convicted in Mayerthorpe Mountie killings
EDMONTON – A man convicted for his role in the shooting deaths of four Mounties in rural Alberta is no longer subject to parole conditions. Shawn Hennessey pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years for the killings…
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FSIN wants independent oversight of probes when people die dealing with police
SASKATOON – Indigenous groups want Saskatchewan to establish an independent civilian-led authority to oversee investigations when people die or are hurt in dealings with police. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the Mistawasis Nehiyawak Cree First Nation west of…
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Manitoba judge calls for review of health care at remand centre following death
WINNIPEG – A Manitoba judge is calling for an independent review of health services at the Winnipeg Remand Centre following an inquest into the death of an epileptic inmate who had not been given anti-seizure medication. Provincial court Judge Heather…
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Nova Scotia Health Authority investigating possible privacy breach
HALIFAX – The personal health information of nearly 3,000 people may have been compromised in a phishing attack, the Nova Scotia Health Authority says. The health authority said Monday that it is investigating a “potential” privacy breach affecting 2,841 patients.…
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Investigation result: Alberta Mountie accused of assaulting man under arrest
SLAVE LAKE, Alta. – An RCMP officer is accused of beating up a man while he was under arrest at the Slave Lake detachment in northern Alberta in September 2017. The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says the Mountie had…
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Opposition says Manitoba air ambulance program suffering from privatization
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government says its Lifeflight airplane-ambulance service will continue uninterrupted this weekend despite a suggestion to the contrary by the Opposition New Democrats. Lifeflight mainly provides inter-hospital transfers for patients more than 200 kilometres from Winnipeg, and…
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Sexual assault charge against former Winnipeg city councillor stayed
WINNIPEG – A sexual assault charge against a former Winnipeg city councillor has been stayed. Russ Wyatt, 49, was arrested in July 2018 after what police described as a serious sexual assault six months earlier. Wyatt’s lawyer, Evan Roitenberg, said…
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Alberta legislators in marathon debate over workplace rules
EDMONTON – Alberta politicians talked around the clock into the afternoon Thursday in a marathon debate over a bill that would cut the minimum wage for young people and change rules on calculating overtime pay. Opposition NDP members began delivering…
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Research group launches probe into allegation of racial profiling of black student
HALIFAX – A national research group is probing an allegation from a black university student that he was singled out based on his race during a conference in British Columbia and accused of stealing a laptop. Shelby McPhee, a Nova…
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Safety concerns for Indigenous women in resource development: MMIW inquiry
OTTAWA – Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the “urgent need” to consider the safety of Indigenous women in all stages of resource-extraction projects. The inquiry, which released…
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CO2 Sensor Now Available for Radius® BZ1 Area Monitor
(May 2, 2019) — Industrial Scientific is pleased to announce the availability of the carbon dioxide (CO2) sensor for the Radius® BZ1 Area Monitor. The Radius BZ1 can detect up to 7 gases simultaneously and now has 18 sensor options, making it…
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Working within safe limits in a confined space
According to Statistics Canada, there were 4,990 deaths associated with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning between 2000 and 2013. Although this number includes exposure incidents in residences, many CO-exposure cases occur in workplaces. Carbon monoxide is one of the most widespread…
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New series of hazardous refrigeration leak detectors
Bacharach, a provider of HVAC-R gas instrumentation, announced the addition of 22 halogen refrigerants for its MGS-400 gas detectors in commercial and industrial gas leak monitoring applications. The MGS-400 series product family uses three different sensor types, depending on the measurement range, temperature and gas types when detecting for hazardous refrigerant leaks. The variety of sensor types within the…
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Handling gas-detection devices with care
The importance of being gentle with gas-detection devices cannot be underestimated. Monitors are tough enough to withstand harsh work environments and in most cases, these devices can stand a pretty good beating, but that does not mean that one should…
