The City of Wetaskiwin has implemented a series of security measures following an alleged violent threat at the city hall. In a …
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Workplace Safety & OHS
Advocates in Thunder Bay, Ont., asking the province to extend age benefits for WSIB claims
People gathered in person and online Wednesday to raise awareness and support over concern that injured workers over 65 aren’t getting the …
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CUPE school support workers in Nova Scotia criticize exclusion from violence in schools discussion
By Lauren Phillips, The Coast Stop me when you disagree: Workplace violence is not appropriate. Disproportionate workplace violence is not appropriate. Those being disproportionately harmed should be …
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Niagara-on-the-Lake’s chief administrative officer recruitment committee has selected the firm it will use to move forward with hiring the town’s next head …
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Iqaluit city council turns down art festival’s request to declare a civic holiday
The dates are set for this year’s Alianait Arts Festival in Iqaluit, but residents will not get the four-day weekend organizers were …
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Early last fall a United Nations Special Rapporteur concluded that Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Programme (TFWP) was a “breeding ground for contemporary …
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Ineos Styrolution, the plastics plant mired in controversy since high levels of benzene pollution were reported there earlier this year, is now …
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Space is getting tight at the Municipal District (MD) of Bighorn administration office in Exshaw, Alta. The MD’s municipal planning commission (MPC) …
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Talks remain stalled between an Ingersoll defence industry supplier and 200-plus workers who walked off the job more than a week ago, …
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Workplace Safety & OHS
Rotten seafood smell might force school in eastern New Brunswick to shut its doors
A school in eastern New Brunswick is warning parents it might have to suddenly close if the rotten odour of a nearby …