The body of Gursimran Kaur was found inside a commercial bakery oven at a Halifax Walmart on Oct. 19, 2024. She was 19 years old. There is no gentle way… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Driver killed at passive rail crossing in southern Ontario, TSB finds stop signs alone not enough
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA pickup truck driver died on July 14, 2025, after a Canadian Pacific Railway Company freight train struck his vehicle at a passive grade crossing in Cramahe, Ont., according to… …
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OHS LawWorkplace Safety
Applied Energy fined $7,500 after failing to check on worker who hurt hand during job tryout
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA company put on a two-hour job tryout for a prospective worker, watched him get hurt on the job — and never once asked if he needed help recovering. That… …
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Mental Health & WellbeingOHS LawWorkplace Safety
Flight attendant with PTSD awarded full LOE benefits after tribunal rejects ‘office clerk’ assumption
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberAn Ontario tribunal has ordered the restoration of full wage-loss benefits to an airline worker with post-traumatic stress disorder for a six-year period during which her insurer assumed she could… …
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Mental Health & WellbeingOHS LawWorkplace Safety
Ontario tribunal awards PTSD benefits to fired paramedic trainee who couldn’t work
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA former ambulance dispatcher trainee who was fired for poor performance has won loss-of-earnings benefits after a tribunal found his PTSD diagnosis left him unable to seek any work —… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Nova Scotia finds no safety violations after Walmart worker killed in bakery oven
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNova Scotia’s Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration has concluded its investigation into the October 2024 death of a worker at a Halifax Walmart and found no violations. The investigation… …
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OHS LawWorkplace Safety
Worker who quit over forklift danger loses EI claim despite proven safety risk
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Quebec warehouse worker who resigned after a dangerous forklift incident has been denied Employment Insurance benefits — not because his safety concerns were wrong, but because he quit too… …
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Features & AnalysisLegislation & Government PolicyWorkplace Safety
Ontario’s safe employer program hits 100 recognitions since 2019 launch
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberOntario’s voluntary workplace safety recognition program has reached 100 employer recognitions since it launched in 2019, according to the province’s top prevention official. Dr. Joel Moody, Ontario’s Chief Prevention Officer… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Musculoskeletal injuries cost B.C. workplaces $2.35 billion over five years, WorkSafeBC says
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberMusculoskeletal injuries remain the most common workplace injury in British Columbia, accounting for about 30 per cent of all time-loss claims filed with WorkSafeBC. Over the five-year period from 2020… …
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
Violence in Ontario classrooms signals systemic safety failure, teachers survey finds
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA province-wide survey of nearly 3,000 Ontario Catholic teachers has found that workplace violence and harassment are widespread, worsening and inadequately managed — with reporting systems that fail to produce… …


