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WorkSafeBC marks Day of Mourning with sobering 2025 toll: 138 worker deaths
WorkSafeBC marks Day of Mourning with sobering 2025 toll: 138 worker deaths
RICHMOND, B.C. — Today (April 28) workers, employers, families and communities across the country are observing the National Day of Mourning, which is a time to remember those who have been killed, injured or suffered illness due to work-related incidents...
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N.W.T to follow Alberta in ditching clock changes, will adopt permanent daylight time
YELLOWKNIFE - Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson says the territory will...
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B.C. tradespeople living in chronic pain now have a new text line for help
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is launching a free new confidential text line th...
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J. Cote & Son Excavating fined $575,000 in trench death and injury
J. Cote & Son Excavating has been ordered to pay $575,000 in fines and victi...
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WorkSafeBC marks Day of Mourning with sobering 2025 toll: 138 worker deaths
RICHMOND, B.C. — Today (April 28) workers, employers, families and communities a...
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N.W.T to follow Alberta in ditching clock changes, will adopt permanent daylight time
YELLOWKNIFE - Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson says the territory will...
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B.C. tradespeople living in chronic pain now have a new text line for help
VICTORIA – The B.C. government is launching a free new confidential text line th...
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J. Cote & Son Excavating fined $575,000 in trench death and injury
J. Cote & Son Excavating has been ordered to pay $575,000 in fines and victi...
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Manitoba mandates hot water at large construction sites
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has made the move to require hot water for ha...
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Industry Special: The switch to Type II helmets to protect construction workers is gaining momentum
Canada’s largest construction employers are mandating Type II protection...
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CCOHS urging workplaces to observe moment of silence for Day of Mourning
HAMILTON, ONT. – The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)...
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°µÍø½ûÇøion Trades Women renew push for mandatory anti-harassment training
Will 2026 be the year that anti-discrimination/anti-harassment (ADAH) training b...
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WorkSafeBC warns employers of elevated avalanche danger in B.C.
RICHMOND, B.C. – WorkSafeBC is asking workers and employers to take heed of rece...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Listen up — Why hearing health should be in the toolbox for tradespeople
Safety is mission-critical in construction and the skilled trades. Every Canadia...
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BCCWITT supported mental health program says ‘Show Up For Safer Workplaces’
Show Up for Safer Workplaces (Show Up) is an innovative new program that helps p...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Women on the frontlines of construction safety
International Women’s Day offers an opportunity to recognize the growing role wo...
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B.C. unveils new licensing, permitting for crane safety
VICTORIA — The Province of B.C. recently announced it has introduced legislation...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: WorkSafeBC crane series Part 3 – The people factor
Parts one and two of this series explored how inspections, incident inve...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: WorkSafeBC crane series Part Two – The oversight system
In part one of this series, we talked about how WorkSafeBC uncovered sys...
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Electrician Cronk appointed WorkSafeBC’s new chair
VICTORIA — William Laird Cronk has been appointed chair of WorkSafeBC's board of...
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Manitoba company fined after worker fatally injured in blade incident
WINNIPEG — Wintec Building Services Inc. has been fined a total of $70,000 in re...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: From insight to action – Why tower crane incidents demand a system-level response, Part One
In recent years, several high-profile crane incidents in B.C. have highl...
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Investigators to probe derailment on CN line in central Alberta: TSB
EDMONTON - The Transportation Safety Board says it's sending a team of investiga...
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Alberta government to review intersection where 3 junior hockey players died in crash
STAVELY, ALTA. - The Alberta government says it will review an intersection wher...
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Enhanced fire protection for buildings and occupants part two – Insulated concrete forms
Many areas of North America are becoming more vulnerable to wildfires. However,...
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Industry Special: The BCCSA’s new Vancouver Island Regional Safety Committee invites construction employers to its first public event in Victoria
The BC °µÍø½ûÇøion Safety Alliance (BCCSA) has long counted on its Prime Contra...
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Sending the wrong message: Still no answers after deadly 2021 Kelowna crane collapse
This July it will be five years since five young men lost their lives in a tower...
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Companies fined after worker dies their first day on Nanaimo mixed-use jobsite
NANAIMO, B.C. – Three companies are facing fines after a young worker was killed...
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Vancouver mining company fined $135,000 after worker injured in Ontario
SUDBURY, ONT. – Underground mining company DMC Mining Services Ltd. of Vancouver...
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‘Tragic accident’ kills worker at central B.C. gold mine
QUESNEL, B.C. — Osisko Development Corp. says in a statement a contractor workin...
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Canadian °µÍø½ûÇøion Safety Council unveils critical risks framework
TORONTO — The Canadian °µÍø½ûÇøion Safety Council (CCSC) has released its Criti...
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Worker dies at Suncor oilsands site after machinery sinks into muskeg
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Alberta Occupational Health and Safety is investigating t...
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Manitoba skid-steer driver dies after reportedly backing into a deep hole
WINNIPEG — A 55-year-old man has died at a construction site in western Manitoba...
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Calgary-based company fined $130,000 after worker injured in Ontario
CORUNNA, ONT. – Calgary-based NOVA Chemicals Corporation, a petrochemical manufa...
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Bell Let’s Talk 2026: Taking a moment for a different kind of ‘toolbox talk’
TORONTO – Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day, Canada’s national day for conversations...
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Harmonizing trades safety training will only work if ‘partisanship gets out of the way’
Harmonizing safety training certifications in construction across Canada is not...
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