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Health & Safety
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Protection with Detection
Of all the physical hazards that can threaten workers, one of the most subtle and most difficult to detect and prevent is hazardous gases — many of which are invisible or odourless, like carbon monoxide (CO). For people who work…
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Police should be part of mental health strategy: B.C. death review panel
VICTORIA – A British Columbia death review panel says police play a crucial role in the province’s mental-health system and there are ways for officers to reduce fatalities and improve public safety. The BC Coroners Service say in a report…
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Attempted murder charge in stabbing of Manitoba First Nations police officer
ROSSBURN, Man. – RCMP say a 21-year-old man has been charged following the stabbing of a First Nations police officer on a northern Manitoba reserve. The officer and a suspect were both injured during an arrest outside the Waywayseecappo First…
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Officer hurt in crash between RCMP cruiser, transport truck, near Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. – A B.C. RCMP officer has been seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash. The officer was responding to a call in the Kelowna area at about 6 p.m. Monday when his unmarked, SUV collided with a transport truck…
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Quebec zoo at heart of cruelty allegations ordered closed by workers’ safety board
ST-EDOUARD-DE-MASKINONGE, Que. – The Quebec workers’ safety board has ordered the closure a small zoo at the heart of an animal cruelty investigation and the removal of the animals that remain on site. A relocation of the animals had begun…
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RCMP shooting that left Alberta man partially paralyzed deemed reasonable
EDMONTON – The executive director of a unit that investigates serious police actions says a shooting that left a 29-year-old man partially paralyzed was reasonable and justified. Susan Hughson of the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team says an RCMP officer…
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Employers face long delays for temporary foreign workers as demand spikes
OTTAWA – Some employers looking to hire temporary foreign workers are experiencing significant delays due to an increase in demand this year for migrant workers in Canada. The federal government says the volume of applications is up almost 25 per…
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Senate committee approves changes to solitary confinement bill
OTTAWA – A committee of senators has approved changes to a bill that aims to end solitary confinement in Canadian prisons – including one key change that would place a 48-hour maximum on the time an inmate can be kept…
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Correctional service waited three months to report sex assault claim to police
OTTAWA – The Correctional Service of Canada apologized on Friday for wrongly saying it called police right away when it heard allegations that a guard at the Nova Institution for women had sexually assaulted an inmate. In fact, the federal…
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Feds lay out proposed new rules for voice, video recorders in locomotives
OTTAWA – The federal Liberals have laid out their proposal for rules around voice and data recorders on locomotives, specifying when companies can use the devices to address safety concerns and how workers’ privacy will be protected. Legislation passed by…
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Two dead as single engine plane crashes after takeoff from Whitehorse airport
WHITEHORSE – Transportation Safety Board investigators are on their way to the scene of a deadly plane crash in Yukon. Spokesman Jon Lee says a single-engine Cessna 170 crashed into trees moments after take off from the Whitehorse airport on…
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2 men dead after small plane crashes in Lanaudiere Friday night
SAINT-CUTHBERT, Que. – Officials say an instructor and his student have died after an ultralight aircraft lost control and crashed Friday night in Saint-Cuthbert in Quebec’s Lanaudiere region. Transportation Safety Board of Canada spokesman Chris Klepski says an investigator has…
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Ontario launches review of Workplace Safety Insurance Board
TORONTO – Ontario will be reviewing the agency that administers compensation for injured workers across the province. Labour Minister Laurie Scott says the government has hired two special advisers who will analyze the work of the Workplace Safety and Insurance…
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Cape Breton coal mine to reopen rock face where small methane fire broke out
DONKIN, N.S. – Nova Scotia’s Labour Department has lifted a stop-work order imposed on a Cape Breton coal mine after a methane fire broke out Tuesday afternoon on one rock face. Harold Carroll, the provincial Labour Department’s executive director of…
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School bus crash in Edmonton sends 12 to hospital, 2 with broken bones
EDMONTON – Twelve people, including 11 children, were taken to hospital Thursday after a school bus crash on one of Edmonton’s busiest freeways. Emergency officials said the collision happened at about 8:15 a.m. on Whitemud Drive near the Quesnell Bridge…
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Laser Eye Safety
Lasers beams and laser devices are in use in thousands of workplaces every day in Canada. Are you working with lasers? The term “laser” conjures up images of science fiction weapons used to vaporize the enemy or high-tech applications used…
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Search suspended off coast of P.E.I. for fisherman who fell overboard
NAUFRAGE, P.E.I. – The search for a lobster fisherman reported missing off the northeast coast of Prince Edward Island has been suspended. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax ended the official search Tuesday, just before 8 p.m., saying three…
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Right to vegan food a human right, Ontario firefighter argues
An Ontario firefighter alleges his human rights were violated when he was not provided sufficient vegan food while battling a massive blaze in British Columbia. Adam Knauff has filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario against his…
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Only half of Canadians seek treatment for symptoms of potential eye disease: study
TORONTO, May 1, 2018 (CNW) – A new survey, commissioned by the Canadian Ophthalmological Society (COS), revealed the majority of Canadians (59 per cent) experience symptoms of potential eye disease, yet only half of these people (54 per cent) reported…
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Primary and Secondary Defences Against Eye Injuries
Eye injuries cover a gamut of afflictions that range from computer vision syndrome to penetration by foreign objects like flying debris from a moving tool in a workshop. According to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, more than 10,000 Ontarians…