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Canada’s warming climate raises heat-stress risk for outdoor and indoor workers, federal report warns

by Todd Humber
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Human-perceived heat stress has already increased across Canada and will keep rising as the country warms nearly twice as fast as the global average, according to Canada's Changing Climate Report…

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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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