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Health & Safety
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Saskatchewan man charged with threatening prime minister in phone call
REGINA – Saskatchewan RCMP have charged a man after he allegedly threatened to shoot the prime minister and blow up Parliament buildings. Mounties say the comments were made in a phone call to a federal government agency on Feb. 12.…
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Coroner calls for seatbelts on buses following Humboldt crash
REGINA – The coroner’s service in Saskatchewan has released its report on the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, calling for tougher enforcement of trucking rules and mandatory seatbelts on highway buses. The office made recommendations to six different government agencies…
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Plane crashed in B.C. in 2017, killing Alberta couple, during bad weather: TSB
RICHMOND, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says an Alberta pilot flew into deteriorating weather before his small plane crashed in southeastern British Columbia, killing him and his girlfriend. The board released its investigation report Wednesday on the aircraft that…
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Passengers drowned after door design slowed exit in plane crash: TSB
GATINEAU, Que. – The Transportation Safety Board is issuing a warning over the doors on a small float plane after three passengers drowned on a sightseeing flight in the Northwest Territories last summer. The passengers died in August after the…
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Questions raised after fire destroys firm’s second fish plant this month
CAP-PELE, N.B. – For the second time in just 17 days, a New Brunswick fish processor has lost a major plant to fire, but the company is downplaying speculation of foul play. A blaze Sunday morning in Cap-Pele, on the…
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Fire deaths could prompt new safety measures, upgraded building code: experts
HALIFAX – Experts say the deaths of the seven Barho children in a ferocious Halifax house fire last week could lead to new fire safety measures and changes to the country’s building code. “I think we’re going to learn from…
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Stabbed B.C. cop who tackled knife wielding man called hero by police chief
DELTA, B.C. – An off-duty British Columbia police officer who was stabbed several times in the stomach while picking up his children outside an elementary school is being called a hero by his police chief. “I want to acknowledge the…
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Speaker apologizes for apparent racial profiling incident on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA – House of Commons Speaker Geoff Regan has apologized for an apparent case of racial profiling on Parliament Hill, saying all who visit the precinct must be treated with fairness, dignity and respect. The incident took place earlier this…
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Injured cement-plant worker dies en route to hospital
CALGARY – A worker is dead after an accident at a Calgary cement plant. Emergency crews were called to the Inland Concrete operation in the city’s northwest on Tuesday. A man was taken by ambulance for treatment but died of…
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Bad weather, lack of pilot experience cited in Quebec crash that killed three
MONTREAL – The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is citing the pilot’s lack of experience in instrument flying, particularly at night, for a helicopter crash that killed three people near Drummondville, Que., last year. The Robinson R44 Raven I helicopter…
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Winnipeg transit rejects signage in memory of bus driver killed on job
Winnipeg Transit drivers were told Thursday not to display messages on their buses in memory of a colleague murdered on the job exactly two years ago. Transit officials issued a memo to drivers to not display “RIP #521” or similar…
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Threat of closure is best tool to urge roof safety in N.S. coal mine: Minister
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s labour minister says the threat of closure is his best tool to penalize a coal mine that broke mining rules by not reporting two massive cave-ins within the required 24 hours. Labi Kousoulis says issuing fines…
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Former gymnastics coach Dave Brubaker found not guilty of sex assault
SARNIA, Ont. – A former high-ranking gymnastics coach was acquitted of sexual assault and sexual exploitation Wednesday after a judge found the testimony of the complainant sincere but said the police investigation into the case was severely flawed. Dave Brubaker,…
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Preventing heart disease, stroke can offer protection for brain: report
TORONTO – Researchers have found much deeper links between cardiovascular disease and the risk of cognitive impairment than were previously known, strengthening the message to Canadians that taking steps to prevent heart disease and stroke also protects the brain. A…
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Media report cites workplace concerns at site of Alberta plant explosion
A media report says a wood pellet plant west of Edmonton where a fire and explosion occurred this week was also the scene of a fire early last month Three people, including one with serious injuries, were sent to hospital…
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Head wounds among injuries suffered in explosion at Alberta wood pellet plant
Three people were taken to hospital after an explosion at an industrial wood pellet plant about 100 kilometres west of Edmonton. Parkland County officials say several emergency vehicles were sent to the Pinnacle Renewable Energy plant in Entwistle around 2:30…
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Privacy commissioner finds doctors snooped in Humboldt Broncos patient records
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s privacy commissioner has found eight people inappropriately gained access to the electronic health records of 10 Humboldt Broncos team members involved in a bus crash last April. Sixteen people were killed and 13 were injured in the…
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Police say Illinois man arrested in bomb threats made to Alberta schools
TABER, Alta. – Police in a southern Alberta town say a man in the U.S. has been charged in connection with alleged bomb threats made to schools and a business in the community last week. Taber police announced in a…
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COC says it’s ‘committed to safety’ after CBC report on convicted coaches
The Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committees said Sunday that they stand for “sport free of harassment, abuse or discrimination of any kind,” after a CBC investigation reported that more than 200 coaches involved in amateur sports in Canada have been…
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Parliament Hill security investigating alleged incident of racial profiling
OTTAWA – The department responsible for security on Parliament Hill has apologized after an apparent incident of racial profiling took place on the Hill this week. A spokesman for the Parliamentary Protective Service said the force is investigating the incident,…