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Health & Safety
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Government unveils new plan to battle harassment, abuse, discrimination in sport
TORONTO – A safe space for Canadian athletes and kids who participate in sport has been a long time coming. That was part of Minister of Science and Sport Kirsty Duncan’s message in announcing both an investigation unit and a…
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Toronto area lumber company fined $75k after worker injured unloading beams
VAUGHAN, Ont. – A Toronto-area lumber company has been fined $75,000 after a worker was critically injured while unloading large beams from a delivery truck more than three years ago. The Ministry of Labour says Argo Lumber Inc. pleaded guilty…
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Garneau to update Canada’s position on Boeing 737 Max 8 as pressure mounts
OTTAWA – Transport Minister Marc Garneau is set to update Ottawa’s position on the Boeing 737 Max 8, the aircraft that crashed in Ethiopia, and whether Canada will fall in line with other nations that have grounded the planes. Garneau…
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Man killed by heavy machinery third workplace death in Alberta this month
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is investigating a third workplace fatality in the province in about a week. The latest death occurred around 10:30 p.m. Sunday, about 60 kilometres south of Grande Prairie. RCMP say a…
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Security review, new powers for officers at Manitoba hospitals
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is reviewing security at health-care facilities and considering new powers for security officers at hospitals. Health Minister Cameron Friesen says the move is partly in response to a rise in methamphetamine-related violence. He adds that a…
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Damage said to be extensive after fire ravages Saskatchewan hotel
RCMP say the blaze happened Monday in the small community of Lemberg, about 120 kilometres northeast of Regina. A witness says the building appears to be a total loss. Besides a bar, the hotel houses a cafe and an off-sale…
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Promising BMX cyclist from B.C. dies in workplace accident off Vancouver Island
NANAIMO, B.C. – A promising, young BMX racer who represented Canada and won titles at home and abroad has died in a workplace accident in the waters off northeast Vancouver Island. A post on the Nanaimo BMX Facebook page says…
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10 years after Cougar chopper crash, families stress issue of workplace safety
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Every March, Lori Chynn makes the same journey across Newfoundland, travelling from her Deer Lake home on the island’s west coast to lay a wreath by a stretch of fence in St. John’s. Ten years ago,…
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More Canadians identified as victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash
A senior UN official and a New Brunswick forester were among the 18 Canadians who died Sunday when an Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 aboard. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said one of…
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Winnipeg care home employee charged with sexual assault of senior
Winnipeg police have charged a man who worked at a care home with sexual assaulting a senior. Police have not identified the suspect but say he has been released from custody on a promise to appear in court. The senior…
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Higher cancer rates found in Edmonton residential area near creosote site
EDMONTON – The Alberta government says soil sample tests at a former wood-treatment facility confirm there are hazards to human health. The province had issued health and environmental orders last March to protect people in the residential area of northeast…
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Canadian groups join forces on study on abuse and #discrimination in sport
OTTAWA – The federal government is partnering with a Canadian athlete rights group for a study on abuse and discrimination in sport. Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, says she is supporting AthletesCAN in conducting a study to “measure…
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Railway accidents increased seven per cent in 2018 but fatalities fell: TSB report
OTTAWA – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the number of railway accidents increased by seven per cent last year including those involving dangerous goods, but there were fewer fatalities. There were 1,170 accidents, up from 1,091 in 2017…
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Fall, collision with vehicle, claim two lives at separate Alberta worksites
Occupational Health and Safety in Alberta is investigating separate fatal workplace accidents that occurred on the same day. The provincial agency says a worker was killed Monday afternoon at a business in Leduc, south of Edmonton. The STARS air ambulance…
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Small plane crash lands on frozen lake in eastern Manitoba, minor injuries
LITTLE GRAND RAPIDS, Man. – People were treated for minor injuries after a small plane crash-landed on ice short of the runway near a fly-in community northeast of Winnipeg. The Amik Aviation Cessna Caravan 208-B went down Monday afternoon on…
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Officers hurt after vehicle crashes into parked police cruiser in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. – RCMP say two officers were injured when a vehicle crashed into a parked police cruiser in Burnaby, B.C. Mounties say in a news release the police vehicle had pulled over at the side of a road when…
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Labour disruption at Toronto jail after eight injured in alleged assault: union
TORONTO – An alleged inmate assault on staff at a Toronto jail has resulted in roughly 200 employees refusing to carry out non-essential tasks at the facility, the head of a major Ontario union said Monday. Warren “Smokey” Thomas, president…
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Travel disrupted after plane slides off runway at Halifax airport
HALIFAX – Flights at Halifax Stanfield International Airport were disrupted Monday evening after an Air Canada passenger jet slid off a runway. Airport spokeswoman Tiffany Chase says Air Canada Flight 614 from Toronto landed around 6:30 p.m., but reported that…
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Parks Canada worried spilled grain from derailed CP train will attract grizzlies
BANFF, Alta. – Parks Canada is worried spilled grain from a derailed train in Banff National Park will attract hungry grizzly bears to the tracks as they emerge from hibernation in the coming weeks. The Transportation Safety Board says 20…
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Live on air licking of TV reporter sparks outrage
TORONTO – An incident in which a man nuzzles and licks the ear of an on-air TV journalist reporting on a comedy event was roundly condemned on Wednesday, with some arguing the actions amounted to an assault. In a widely…