Safety News Canada Staff

Nova Scotia’s workplace injury insurer is contacting injured workers more quickly and getting them back to work sooner, according to new performance data for February. The Workers’ Compensation Board of… …

A new field assessment service aims to give Canadian and U.S. safety teams a more consistent way to choose chemical-protective clothing for workers exposed to hazardous substances on the job.… …

Women make up nearly half of Canada’s workforce but hold only about 38 per cent of certified occupational health and safety (OHS) roles, according to the Board of Canadian Registered… …

A personal support worker in Windsor has been killed while on the job, prompting her union to call for sweeping safety reforms in Ontario’s homecare sector. The worker was a… …

British Columbia is amending the Residential Tenancy Act to give supportive housing operators new tools to remove weapons, restrict building access and hold expedited eviction hearings when tenants or staff… …

VelocityEHS has launched a new Training Library offering nearly 150 workplace safety courses, with the company saying the content is designed to be more practical and applicable than standard off-the-shelf… …

British Columbia is expanding workers’ compensation cancer coverage for firefighters, adding eight cancers to the existing list of presumptive occupational diseases under the Workers Compensation Act. The province will amend… …

British Columbia is introducing a mandatory crane licensing and permitting program through WorkSafeBC, responding to seven worker fatalities involving cranes over the past five years. The provincial government tabled legislation… …

Employers in Prince Edward Island who missed the Feb. 28 annual registration renewal deadline with the Workers Compensation Board face arbitrary assessments, interest charges, and late filing penalties on their… …