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Health & Safety
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RCMP investigate explosion at oil and gas facility in Alberta, three hurt
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – RCMP are investigating an explosion at an oil and gas facility in northwestern Alberta. Emergency crews responded to a blast Friday afternoon at a compressor building near Musreau Lake south of Grande Prairie. Three people working near…
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Fire next door to B.C. pipeline fuel tank facility under control
BURNABY, B.C. – A fire just a few hundred metres from the Kinder Morgan fuel tank facility in Metro Vancouver raged for a few hours before it was contained by about three dozen firefighters. Burnaby Fire Department Deputy Chief Dave…
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New advisory board to help RCMP modernize amid history of bullying, harassment
OTTAWA – The federal government is creating an external board of civilian advisers to help the RCMP modernize after years of grappling with internal bullying and harassment. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki announced the plan…
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Feds poised to bolster RCMP accountability
OTTAWA – The federal government is poised to try to improve RCMP accountability by placing some external eyes on the national police force. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki are expected to announce the plans at…
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Nova Scotia long term care homes need more staff, panel concludes
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s Liberal government is facing a call from an expert panel to move swiftly to improve staffing at long-term care facilities to address “overstressed” homes that aren’t capable of meeting residents’ needs. “Staff are in need of…
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Experts call for Transportation Safety Board to investigate Ottawa bus crash
Experts are calling on the federal transportation safety board to investigate a deadly bus crash in Ottawa to prevent similar incidents from occurring again. Ahmed Shalaby, a civil engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, said the Transportation Safety Board…
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No easy answers to questions swirling around fatal Ottawa bus crash: police chief
OTTAWA – The investigation into a deadly bus crash on a busy Ottawa route will not yield answers quickly, the city’s police chief said Saturday as he cautioned the public not to jump to conclusions about the events leading up…
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Wind, heat, weight all contributed to fatal B.C. plane crash say investigators
VANCOUVER – The Transportation Safety Board says no single factor led to the crash of a small plane that killed the pilot and slightly injured three passengers during a sight-seeing flight last year just north of Vancouver. The unnamed pilot,…
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Maxime Comtois responds to cyber bullying after missed penalty shot
MONTREAL – A week after being the target of trolls on social media, Quebec-born forward Maxime Comtois has spoken out publicly for the first time. The captain of Canada’s world junior championship squad took to Twitter Wednesday to thank all…
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Alberta minister says nine government officials harassed over Bighorn parks plan
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – Alberta’s environment minister, facing criticism for cancelling public meetings on a new parks plan, is offering new information on security threats she says led to her decision. Shannon Phillips says nine government officials have been harassed, some…
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Fifteen military suicides reported in 2018 despite new prevention strategy
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has promised to redouble efforts to prevent suicide in the Canadian Forces after new figures showed more than a dozen members of the military took their own lives last year. The deaths coincided with…
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Climate change doubled risk of B.C.’s record setting 2017 wildfires: study
Research suggests British Columbia’s record-setting 2017 wildfire season wasn’t an accident and Environment Canada scientists say that climate change stacked the deck against the province from the start. In a newly published paper, researchers from the Canadian Centre for Climate…
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‘That’s all I needed to hear:’ Truck driver in Broncos crash pleads guilty
MELFORT, Sask. – Scott Thomas was sitting nearby in the courtroom Tuesday when a truck driver pleaded guilty to every charge against him in a highway crash that killed 16 people on a junior hockey bus and left 13 players…
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Feds didn’t fully assess requirements in towing vessel contract, tribunal says
OTTAWA – Canada’s International Trade Tribunal says the federal government should reassess its decision to award a contract for two emergency towing vessels off the coast of British Columbia. The $67-million contract was awarded by Public Services and Procurement Canada…
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Ottawa roofing company fined $80k after workers catch fire on the job
OTTAWA – An Ottawa roofing company has been fined $80,000 after two of its employees caught fire during a job, leaving one with critical injuries. The Ministry of Labour says Ottawa Permanent Roofing was sentenced Monday on occupational health and…
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Ontario’s chief coroner launches review of police suicides in 2018
TORONTO – Ontario’s chief coroner has launched a review of police suicides that took place in the province last year after noticing a spike in officers killing themselves. Eight active officers and one recently retired officer died by suicide across…
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Filipino workers speak out against Halifax businessman in immigration fraud case
HALIFAX – Emotional workers spoke out against a Halifax businessman at his sentencing hearing Friday in an immigration fraud case that exposed the exploitation of foreign workers and divided the local Filipino community. Hector Mantolino, originally from the Philippines, pleaded…
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Black plume over Edmonton, but no hazard from refinery flare: government
EDMONTON – Alberta Environment says a 12-hour refinery flare that left a black plume visible for kilometres over Edmonton’s eastern skyline didn’t create a public health hazard. Spokesman Jamie Hanlon says monitoring equipment registered no changes in air quality as…
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Nova Scotia’s Donkin coal mine suspends work after latest ‘roof fall’
DONKIN, N.S. – Operations have been suspended at Cape Breton’s Donkin coal mine after a “roof fall,” the latest in a string of incidents since last July, according to the provincial Labour Department. None of the mine’s 128 workers were…
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Contractor working on Irving land in northern New Brunswick dies
SAINT LEONARD, N.B. – A contractor working on J.D. Irving, Ltd. land in northern New Brunswick has died after his logging truck left a road in Madawaska County. Irving spokeswoman Mary Keith says the truck left a woods road roughly…