Manitoba Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care is urging residents to take precautions against Lyme disease and West Nile virus as warmer weather and recent rainfall raise the risk of tick… …
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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PREMIUM Falling can causes concussion, retail worker wins psychological impairment claim
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberPremium Member Access Required This article is available to Safety News Canada Premium members. Subscribe for $99/year plus HST for concise, plain-language summaries of the court decisions, arbitration rulings, and …
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Ontario’s workplace first aid training program gets national standards upgrade
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has launched a modernized First Aid Program in Ontario, effective June 22, bringing workplace training in line with national standards for the first… …
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Ontario urges tick precautions as Lyme disease cases rise
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Ontario government is urging people to guard against tick bites this summer as cases of Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses rise and ticks spread into new areas of… …
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Passenger drowned trapped inside overturned seaplane in Warner Bay, B.C.: TSB report
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a passenger drowned trapped inside a seaplane that overturned while landing in Warner Bay, B.C., in October 2024. The board, known as the… …
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Titan submersible operated without oversight before fatal implosion, TSB finds
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the Titan submersible operated without any regulatory oversight before it imploded in 2023, killing all five people on board. The board released its… …
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Health Canada makes pesticide safety data sheets optional for agricultural employers: UFCW
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberHealth Canada has changed federal rules to make it voluntary — rather than mandatory — for pesticide producers to provide safety data sheets to agricultural workers, drawing sharp criticism from… …
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Manitoba adds First Nations safety officers, plans hospital violence policy
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Manitoba government will add First Nations Safety Officers (FNSOs) at a hospital in The Pas, expand institutional safety officer (ISO) coverage at two more hospitals and develop a provincewide,… …
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Newfoundland and Labrador launches independent review of workers’ compensation system
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Newfoundland and Labrador government has launched an independent review of the province’s workers’ compensation system and named a five-member committee to lead it. Provincial law requires the review. Under… …
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WCB Nova Scotia cuts employer rates for first time in a generation, improves worker benefits
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia is lowering the average employer rate by 15 per cent, the first cut the board says it has made in a generation. The… …


