Workplace Safety

• Canada’s labour ministers agree to ‘harmonize’ some workplace safety standards

  The decision comes after a meeting of federal, provincial and territorial labour ministers where Ontario proposed changes to make it less costly to retrain out-of-province workers.

  Canada

  Apr 13
  
• London, Ont. restaurant fined $55K after worker injured by customer in 2023

  An Ontario Justice of the Peace found that the company had no workplace violence policy in place and 'little to no procedure or training' for handling violent situations.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2025
  
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• B.C. denies funding to build memorial to honour victims of Kelowna’s crane collapse

  Vilness added the families have been through enough hardship,  including the ongoing wait for the results of the criminal investigation to be released.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2025
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• B.C. logged more than 1,800 health-care workplace violence claims last year: Data

  The data from the workplace safety regulator show there were more than 1,800 claims of workplace violence in the health-care sector in 2023 — up from just over 1,624 in 2022.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2024
• Workplace investigation finds fault with Manitoba Inuit Association as members ask premier to intervene

  Two Workplace Safety and Health investigations into allegations of harassment, intimidation and abuse of staff at the Manitoba Inuit Association have found fault with the organization, Global News has learned. The Inuit Association is appealing both findings. A letter to one of the complainants, former employee Matthew Usenko, from Workplace Safety and Health states the...

  Investigations

  Dec 2, 2024
• Crane appears to drop load in Vancouver, triggering investigation

  Police and WorkSafeBC watchdog were called to a job site on East Hastings Street near Glen Drive where the crane reportedly dropped a load of steel beams.

  Economy

  Oct 29, 2024
• Manitoba to return to original apprentice-to-journeyperson construction ratio

  The province says it's returning to a system that includes more supervision on construction sites, out of concerns for workplace safety.

  Canada

  Oct 22, 2024
• McCain plant workplace death under investigation in Coaldale

  A tragic incident occurred at the McCain plant in Coaldale which resulted in the death of one person is currently under investigation.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2024
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• Muscular damage the leading cause of workplace injury claims in B.C.

  According to WorkSafeBC, musculoskeletal injuries have led to more than $2 billion in claim costs in the past five years. They also account for 30 per cent of all time-loss claims.

  Health

  Jul 14, 2024
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• With AI, workplace surveillance has ‘skyrocketed’. But are Canadian laws keeping up?

  Employee surveillance can look like a warehouse worker with a mini-computer on their arm that's tracking every movement they make, says one expert.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2024