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Health & Safety
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Quebec special constables seek judgment to increase their ranks at courthouses
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…
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Ontario public broadcaster to investigate allegations against prominent host Steve Paikin
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…
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Female coaches face bias, insecurities in joining all levels of sport: experts
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…
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Three people killed in Quebec helicopter crash
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…
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Police investigating after man dies in industrial accident north of Toronto
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…
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Supervisor’s conviction, prison term upheld in deadly scaffolding collapse
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…
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Judge rules RCMP don’t have to share records from ammonia leak in B.C.
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…
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Expert fears limits on N.S. inquiry into the Lionel Desmond killings
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…
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TSB blames optical illusion, unsecured cargo for fatal plane crash
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.…
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Ontario transit agency Metrolinx says targeted by North Korean cyberattack
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…
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Two years after farm safety bill passes, no regulations in place in Alberta
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…
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TSB investigating after planes wheel goes off runway at Toronto airport
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…
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Wind, pilot decisions were factors in 2016 seaplane crash in B.C.: TSB
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…
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Body of Toronto firefighter recovered from Sturgeon Lake, OPP say
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…
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Explosion knocks out drying complex at Teck coal mine, raising safety concerns
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…
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Job site accident kills worker involved in northern Manitoba power project
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…
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Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce says it supports province’s legal pot plan
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…
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Workrite Uniform Canada ULC shares top five FR outerwear considerations
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…
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Mayor wants Fernie, B.C., ice arena reopened after deadly leak
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…
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Ship grounding off Vancouver Island attributed to poor planning, no lookout: TSB
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…