A 66-year-old Toronto garbage truck driver is dead after police say he was hit by his own truck. Police say it happened …
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B.C. government fined in connection with death of Norfolk firefighter
By J.P. Antonacci | The Hamilton Spectator Zak Muise died while trying to help. The 25-year-old wildland firefighter from Norfolk County in Ontario was killed in a vehicle …
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Worker interested in taking polar bear photos at Nunavut site before he was killed
By Rob Drinkwater Christopher Best told his family not to worry about the pictures of polar bears he was snapping and posting on …
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By Bill Graveland A man in Calgary has died after he was backed over by a semi-truck in an industrial area. Police say …
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Paint manufacturer fined $150,000 after worker killed by unguarded machine in Mississauga, Ont.
A Mississauga, Ont., paint manufacturer has been fined $150,000 after a worker died when his clothing became entangled in an unguarded mixing …
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A man is dead after workplace fall in an industrial area of Quebec City: police
Police are reporting a man has succumbed to his injuries after falling from an elevated work station on a job site in …
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Guatemalan man’s estate entitled to redress after court says death was linked to work
By Sidhartha Banerjee Quebec’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the family of a Guatemalan farm worker crushed to death in 2021 trying …
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Police say a 31-year-old woman has died after falling from a ladder in a schoolyard in Montreal’s Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie borough. Montreal police …
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Pacific Rim Industrial fined $210,000 after worker dies in fall at oil sands facility
An Alberta insulation contractor has been fined $210,000 after a worker died falling through a roof opening at an oil sands facility. …
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Ottawa paving company fined $115,000 after worker killed by reversing truck
An Ottawa-based paving company has been fined $115,000 after one of its workers was struck and killed by a reversing dump truck …


