An Alberta town has laid out rules for how residents must treat municipal staff and the consequences if they step out of line. Ben Gronberg, a councillor for Devon, Alta.,…
The latest decision in the ‘owner-employer’ workplace safety legal saga is good news for owners. The appeal decision clarifies the scope of legal responsibility of a statutory employer that is not…
By Bruce Campbell, York University, Canada On Aug. 24, Canada’s federal labour board ordered the Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPK) railways, along with over 9,000 workers,…
Students in Masset, B.C., are now learning in a newly upgraded school designed to protect them from natural disasters, thanks to Canada’s first tsunami evacuation tower. Daaxiigan Sk’adáa Née Secondary,…
A new report on Nova Scotia’s compensation program for injured workers says the system is the only one in Canada that is not fully funded, and that more work is…
The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) in Ontario has announced that, effective March 3, 2025, it will no longer offer COR 2020 equivalency to firms that are certified under…
Nearly $5 billion in surplus funds are sitting in workers’ compensation boards (WCBs) across six Canadian provinces and territories, a situation that the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) says…
Four Quebec mills under the Paper Excellence Group have been recognized in the 2023 health and safety rankings by Pulp & Paper Canada. These accolades highlight the group’s commitment to…
A London-based company, Integrated Solutions Inc., has been fined $100,000 following the death of a worker who fell from a roof while installing a satellite dish on a residential property…
Two Windsor-based construction companies have been fined a combined total of $130,000 following an incident where two workers were injured due to a masonry block wall collapse at a school…
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