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Health & Safety
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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…
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One dead after 2 planes crash in Ottawa
OTTAWA – Paramedics say one person is dead after two small planes crashed mid-air in Ottawa on Sunday morning. Ottawa police say the collision occurred over the west end of the city just after 10 a.m. Staff Sgt. Jamie Harper…
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Two in hospital after distillery explodes in Newfoundland and Labrador
CLARKES BEACH, N.L. – Two workers were injured after a Newfoundland distillery exploded Friday morning in Clarke’s Beach. In a Facebook post, The Newfoundland Distillery Company says an employee suffered burns and smoke inhalation and is in stable condition at…
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NEB orders tighter safety measures at B.C. site of natural gas pipeline blast
VICTORIA – The National Energy Board has issued new safety orders for a pipeline explosion site in north-central British Columbia to strictly monitor natural gas flows to protect people and the environment. The federal regulator said in a statement Friday…
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Canadian Google employees stage walkout over sexual misconduct allegations
TORONTO – Google employees in Canada streamed out of the tech giant’s offices in Toronto, Montreal and Waterloo as part of an international act of defiance meant to protest the company’s treatment of women and alleged mishandling of sexual misconduct.…
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Psychiatrist tells Alberta trial that cook heard voices telling him to kill
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – A psychiatrist says a cook accused of murdering two people at a northern Alberta work camp had been hearing voices and thought he needed to kill everyone to make them stop. Dr. Lenka Zedkova was testifying…
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New Brunswick schools close after police receive threat of armed gunman
EDMUNDSTON, N.B. – Officials say warnings of a possible threat against schools in northern New Brunswick could be a Halloween hoax, but they are continuing to investigate the potential risk. Francophone schools in the province’s northwest were closed Wednesday after…
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Suspect admits to stabbing deaths of man, woman at Alberta work camp
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – A trial in northern Alberta is hearing grisly details about a work camp cook who killed two other workers – stabbing one man more than 70 times, cutting off parts of his body and lighting him…
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Court hears Manitoba Mountie left with severe head wound after shooting
BRANDON, Man. – A bail hearing for one of four men charged after a Manitoba RCMP officer was shot and injured has heard that the Mountie was struck in the back of the head after running the suspects off the…
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Parents of Humboldt victims put focus on mandatory seatbelts
AIRDRIE, Alta. – Michelle Straschnitzki had a moment of panic when her 16-year-old son, Jett, was preparing to board a team bus for a recent hockey game. “I didn’t watch him go get on the bus, but the part that…
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Man charged for threatening officers with rake, interfering with search
YARMOUTH, N.S. – Police say a man is facing charges after allegedly threatening police officers with a rake and interfering with a search. Cpl. Jennifer Clarke with the Nova Scotia RCMP says officers located a vehicle en route to Yarmouth,…
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Large fire guts fish plant in eastern Newfoundland
O’DONNELL’S, N.L. – A fish plant in a small community in eastern Newfoundland has been gutted by a large fire, likely threatening dozens of jobs in the area. Crews remained at the Hickey and Son’s Fisheries Ltd. plant in O’Donnell’s…
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WorkSafeBC report cites safety failures in derailment that killed 3 workers
Decaying railroad ties and the failure of a safety mechanism to prevent a train derailment are cited in a report by British Columbia’s workers’ safety agency as factors in a crash that killed three people and injured two others. The…
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Ammonia leak at B.C. facility that makes dog food prompts evacuation
LANGLEY, B.C. – An ammonia leak at a dog-food manufacturing facility in the Township of Langley south of Vancouver has forced the evacuation of an industrial area. Deputy fire chief Bruce Ferguson says the ammonia leaked when a refrigeration system…
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Man dead following explosion at work site in Alberta, second man in hospital
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – One man is dead following an explosion at a well site in northern Alberta. RCMP Const. Melanie McIntosh says initial reports indicate a gas leak caused the explosion south of Grande Prairie near Musreau Lake on…