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Transportation
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Time change disrupts sleep patterns
Daylight Saving Time can affect employee performance
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Councillor to table motion on bus safety following death of Winnipeg driver
Bus operator stabbed on Feb. 14
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Toronto transit to enhance security to prevent assaults on drivers
TTC to deploy special constables on buses, streetcars
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Fishing tragedy leads to calls for better grief support in the sector
Nova Scotia lobster fisherman fell overboard
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Falling truck kills worker, 61, at Edmonton auto-parts shop
Employee pronounced dead at scene
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B.C. ferry union calls for increased removal of vessels with asbestos
B.C. Ferries to receive three new vessels this year
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N.L. transportation department fined $90,000 for 2013 employee fatality
Road painter killed in highway accident
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Stabbing of cab driver awakens safety concerns in sector
Regina cabbie, 31, in induced coma
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CP clashes with union over scheduling, workplace fatigue
Employer launches website; union releases fatigue-management guide
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Carbon-monoxide leak sends four airport employees to hospital
Two exposures in building within a week
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Summer derailment, collisions yield Transport Canada rail-yard orders
CN, CP ordered to make Montreal yards safer
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Black Tide
On the evening of July 20, operators in the Husky Energy control room detected certain “pressure anomalies” in sections of one of its oil pipelines spanning the North Saskatchewan River. Although such monitoring “blips” are common during start-up operations, inspection…
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CN employees speaking out against chronic workplace fatigue
Union members hold information picket in Edmonton
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TTC launching single-operator system on subway this month
Management cuts corners on safety to save money, charges union
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Brink’s wins stay on government order for armoured-car guards
“All off” model deemed dangerous by government, union
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Feds order Brinks to change routine for armoured-car guards
Edmonton branch can no longer adhere to “All off” method
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Air-ambulance contractor ceases hospital landings after Transport Canada order
Choppers deemed unsuitable for night flights
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Two road workers killed in rollover of highway paving equipment
Asphalt reclaimer tumbles into ditch in Alberta
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On the Road
By Danny Kucharsky Distraction, fatigue and human errors have been cited as the causes of numerous collisions in the transportation sector. For trucking companies and businesses that operate fleets of vehicles, what role can semi-autonomous technology play in enhancing the…
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Rescue planes may be bringing out two from Antarctic research station: foundation
CALGARY – An air medical mission to Antarctica is getting nearer to its destination. A worker at the National Science Foundation’s research station at the South Pole requires hospitalization and needs to be evacuated. Foundation spokesman Peter West says…
