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…
SHERBROOKE, Que. – Train conductor Thomas Harding played a significant role in the deaths of 47 people in the Lac-Megantic tragedy because he didn’t sufficiently apply the brakes after parking the oil-laden convoy, the Crown argued Wednesday. Harding applied only…
TORONTO – A prominent figure in the Canadian theatre world has been forced to step down from the well-known company he co-founded amid separate lawsuits from four actresses who allege he exposed himself, groped them, and otherwise sexually humiliated them.…
OKOTOKS, Alta. – Alberta Health Services is issuing a public alert after a food handler at a Safeway in Okotoks was found to have hepatitis A. The public health agency is warning that patrons who ate donuts from the bulk…
Manitoba MP James Bezan was previously cleared of harassment
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a British Columbia police officer appeared for the first time in court on Tuesday. Oscar Arfmann, 65, of Alberta, is charged in the death of Abbotsford…
LONDON, ONTARIO – Sexual assaults, a life-altering concussion, shattered faces, fractured bones, lost teeth, bites and brain injury. These are just some of the injuries sustained at the hands of patients by Ontario health care staff who participated in a…
HAMILTON – A southwestern Ontario television reporter is speaking out about the stream of harassment she faces at work after misogynistic comments were hurled her way three times last week. CHCH reporter Britt Dixon says female reporters deal with harassment…
EDMONTON – Workers would have the right to refuse dangerous work under new job site rules proposed by the Alberta government. Labour Minister Christina Gray introduced changes to workplace health and safety provisions and to workers’ compensation in a bill…
CALGARY – Data theft from high-profile hacks against companies like Uber and Equifax can cost consumers thousands of dollars but resource companies worry about millions in damage, along with potential injuries and death, if their technology is compromised. The thought…
TORONTO – Toronto politicians are considering major changes to security screening at city hall, but several councillors say the proposed measures would make the public building less accessible to constituents. City staff have tabled a report calling for a raft…
REGINA – A Saskatchewan government survey suggests most respondents want legal recreational marijuana to be regulated in much the same way as alcohol. The results of the online survey indicate most people – 46 per cent – want 19 to…
REGINA – The number of workplace fatalities in Saskatchewan is trending lower so far this year than in 2016. But the Saskatchewan Workers’ Compensation Board says the number of lives lost on the job remains unacceptable at 22. The leading…
TORONTO – Privacy advocates are raising alarms at Uber’s reluctance to disclose a year-old security breach that saw hackers steal the personal information of millions of customers around the world. Uber admitted Monday that hackers stole names, email addresses and…
TORONTO – The Toronto District School Board has voted to permanently end the practice of having police officers stationed in high schools. There was loud applause when the result of a vote to scrap the School Resources Officer Program was announced…
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – Alberta Health Services is warning families with children who attend a Fort McMurray daycare, and staff who work there, that they may have been exposed to someone with tuberculosis. AHS says there is no risk to…
SASKATOON – A worker has been taken to a Saskatoon hospital in an industrial accident at a manufacturing facility. Police were called to Prairie Machine and Parts around 11 a.m. where they were told a worker had been hurt on the…
TORONTO – The fatal fentanyl overdose of a Toronto drug squad officer has the police force considering what more it could be doing to support those working in its high-risk units. The death of Const. Michael Thompson – which occurred in April,…
GUELPH-ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP, Ont. – Police say one person is dead following a collision between a tractor-trailer and a car in the Guelph, Ont., area. Provincial police say the truck and car collided head-on on Wellington Road 124 shortly after noon…
TORONTO – Uber Canada has launched a new policy on how its drivers deal with customers who have service animals, but some disability rights advocates say exemptions built into the rules could still lead to discrimination. The company’s policy…