By Maggie Macintosh | Winnipeg Free Press Manitoba schools are being urged to set up more “sensory rooms” and use the spaces — which can feature mood lighting, flexible seating and… …
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Suicide report validates call for mental heath benefits in corrections: Union
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Features & AnalysisLegislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
Agriculture worker advocates worried about changes to pesticide safety data sheets
By Meg Deak | Woolwich Observer Pesticides are chemicals that you want to handle carefully. Part of being able to do that is reading the label and information available about safety… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
WCB stresses prevention after recent workplace fatalities in Manitoba
By Renee Lilley | Portage Graphic Leader Provincial authorities are investigating two separate workplace accidents in southern Manitoba last week that left two workers dead. The first incident occurred Monday, June 15 around… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Truck driver testifies he tried to brake before fatal Hwy. 102 collision
By Carrie Ivardi | TBnewswatch.com THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The Crown suggested that the accused was accelerating going down the hill on Highway 102 minutes before the collision that took the… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Reports of violence against paramedics in Ontario’s Cochrane District continue to rise: data
By Marissa Lentz-McGrath | TimminsToday.com TIMMINS – Reports of violence against paramedics in the Cochrane District continue to rise, with physical assaults in the first five months of 2026 already surpassing… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Violent interactions are leading cause of police injuries in Thunder Bay, Ont.: Report
By Carrie Ivardi | TBNewsWatch.com The leading cause of injury to city police service members is violent interactions during arrests or apprehensions, according to a report presented to the Thunder Bay… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Worker rescued from hole at Parliament Oak hotel construction site in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
By Paige Seburn | The Lake Report A worker was taken to hospital Friday after falling into a hole at the construction site of the future Parliament Oak hotel. Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire & Emergency… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
South Bruce, Ont., records incident-free start to 2026 in health and safety report
By Emily Bowen | Mildmay Town Crier TEESWATER, Ont. – The Municipality of South Bruce reported a strong start to 2026 in workplace health and safety, with no incidents, injuries or near-misses recorded across… …
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