Technical Safety BC

• Documents reveal funding issues, safety concerns for shuttered Stanley Park train

  Global News has obtained internal emails revealing concerns about funding and maintenance and a safety report showing problems with locomotives, brakes, tracks and rail ties.

  Politics

  Jun 28, 2023
  
• Fail-safe breakdowns led to Kamloops, B.C. ammonia death: report

  The independent body that oversees the safety of technical systems and equipment in British Columbia has found a deadly ammonia leak near Kamloops last May was a tragedy that took years to unfold.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2023
  
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• Safety inspector sent to Okanagan ski resort as lift closed due to investigation of ex-employee

  The Sugarlump Chairlift at the small ski resort, approximately 77 kilometres southeast of Penticton, B.C., has been closed for the past three days as a precaution.

  Jan 27, 2020
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• Oliver, B.C. ski hill closes chairlift, reports ex-employee to RCMP

  One of Baldy Mountain Resort's two chairlifts is closed to the public again on Sunday.

  Consumer

  Jan 26, 2020
• Regulator confirms Sea to Sky Gondola cable was deliberately cut

  "Anyone close to the gondola when this occurred could have been seriously hurt or killed,” according to a Technical Safety BC report.

  Sep 18, 2019
• Province ‘agrees’ with call for regulation of B.C. trampoline parks

  Technical Safety BC said new regulations are needed following a string of injuries and one death at parks in the province.

  Jul 18, 2019
• City of Fernie hopes to set example for small communities after report into fatal ammonia leak

  The City of Fernie said it has lots to learn from tragedy, but specifics not outlined in recent WorksafeBC report following fatal ammonia leak at ice rink.

  News

  Aug 31, 2018
• Inspections, training needed to prevent ammonia leaks at ice rinks: experts

  A report on the issue comes months after the deadly ammonia leak in a Fernie arena that killed three people.

  Mar 18, 2018
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• North Okanagan arena ammonia tests yield mixed results

  “If there is actually ammonia in the brine system, it is a possible indicator of a leak."

  Investigations

  Feb 14, 2018