As Nova Scotia endured a heat warning last week, WCB Nova Scotia is highlighting the toll heat has taken on workers across the province. Since 2015, 201 Nova Scotians have… …
Todd Humber
Todd Humber
Todd Humber is an award-winning workplace journalist who has been covering the HR, employment law, and workplace safety beats for 25 years. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief at Safety News Canada, published by North Wall Media.
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Features & AnalysisWorkplace Safety
CFL must pay Bruce’s arbitration costs in concussion fight, but both sides denied extra fees
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA labour arbitrator has ordered the Canadian Football League (CFL) to cover Arland Bruce’s mandatory arbitration costs but refused to award either side the hundreds of thousands of dollars in… …
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Features & AnalysisMental Health & WellbeingOur Favourites
Manufacturing worker denied mental stress benefits despite two abusive incidents
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA manufacturing worker who says he was mocked and sworn at by two superiors after returning to work from shoulder surgery has been denied chronic mental stress benefits, with Ontario’s… …
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Worker’s death in tower crane lift traced to safety failures: WorkSafeBC
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA worker died after a large piece of concrete formwork fell 26 storeys and struck them on a British Columbia highrise construction site, and a WorkSafeBC investigation has now traced… …
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Features & AnalysisGlobal Safety NewsIndustry NewsWorkplace Safety
Most companies lack real-time view of supply chain risk, study finds
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberMore than three-quarters of U.S. organizations say global supply chain and workforce risk has increased over the past year, but fewer than half have real-time visibility into third-party vulnerabilities, according… …
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Manitoba board rules apartment firm’s firing was a safety reprisal
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Winnipeg apartment manager’s firing was an illegal reprisal for a workplace safety complaint, the Manitoba Labour Board has ruled. The board found that Mainstreet Equity Corp. violated section 42… …
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Non-watertight workboat caused fatal B.C. capsizing, WorkSafeBC finds
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA non-watertight workboat took on water and capsized in rough seas off Vancouver, killing its operator, an investigation by WorkSafeBC has found. The Oct. 23, 2023, incident involved the Hornet,… …
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Industry NewsWorkplace Safety
Veriforce Canada brings SafeContractor, ComplyWorks under one corporate banner
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberVeriforce Canada announced that SafeContractor Canada and ComplyWorks will now operate under one overarching corporate banner, as part of the Veriforce Canada parent company, rather than as separate brands. The… …
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WSIB phases out 1945-era cost relief fund after audit finds little value
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberOntario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is phasing out the Second Injury and Enhancement Fund after an outside audit found the 81-year-old program delivers limited to no value for money… …
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Features & AnalysisOHS FinesOur Favourites
Triton Ocean Products fined $30K over worker’s arm injury in N.L.
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberA Newfoundland and Labrador seafood processor has been ordered to pay $30,000 in fines after a worker’s arm was caught in a machine used to separate mussels, the Provincial Court… …


