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Montreal's port authority says a man has died after an apparent accident at one of its wharves. Port of Montreal spokesperson Renée Larouche says the authority was notified of an accident involving a truck driver at the Viau shipping terminal northeast of downtown at around 2 p.m. on Friday.
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The province will soon introduce legislation that, if passed, will no longer allow employers to require a sick note from a doctor for the provincially protected three days of sick leave workers are entitled to.
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The incident happened in Calgary on March 3, 2022. The worker, an employee of Westpower Equipment Ltd., was operating an overhead crane to install a pump cover when the cover released from the rigging. It struck the worker, causing fatal injuries.
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On June 1, 2022, a worker and the president of Performance Finishing & Fabrication were working together to place a metal beam while manufacturing a steel trailer frame for a mobile home. The company president was transporting the metal beam on a forklift when disaster struck.
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Last summer, BC Ferries experienced several incidents where there were concerns raised about staff safety, including one instance in a meeting where one community member threatened to “take a gun” to BC Ferries staff.
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An Alberta court has convicted a contracting company and one of its supervisors under the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was struck and fatally injured by a pick-up truck. Habtom Abraha, who worked for Volker Stevin Contracting, was killed on Oct. 2, 2019, while he was conducting routine inspections of storm drain catch basins on a residential street.
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On April 28, workplaces came together to commemorate the National Day of Mourning, a day dedicated to honoring workers who have lost their lives, have been injured, or suffered an illness due to their work.
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Mexican journalists held a vigil and protest Saturday a day after one of their colleagues was slain in the southern state of Morelos. They demanded a transparent investigation into the case and vented anger over the dangers news workers face in Mexico, which is one of the world's deadliest countries for journalists.
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There has been no public explanation of what caused the Saturday afternoon blast at the base in Kompong Speu province, though there were no suggestions it was triggered deliberately.
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The Federal Railroad Administration announced Thursday that the railroad owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway had agreed to let its roughly 650 dispatchers participate in the program that all the major railroads promised to join after last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment in Ohio.
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Health and safety is one of the best beats in B2B journalism. If you knew me about 10 years ago, when I was still the editor-in-chief and publisher of Canadian HR Reporter and its family of workplace publications, that statement would have shocked you. This is my last column as senior editor of OHS Canada.
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With current physical and financial barriers to accessing care, people with mental health conditions may turn to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbots for mental health relief or aid. Although they have not been approved as medical devices by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or Health Canada, the appeal to use such chatbots may come from their 24/7 availability, personalized support and marketing of cognitive behavioural therapy.
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