Features & Analysis

Transocean Canada Drilling Services Ltd. has been fined $50,000 and ordered to pay an additional $15,000 to a maritime college after a deck crew member was crushed between equipment during… …

A pilot’s decision to rely on memory instead of following checklists led to a fatal plane crash at Haines Junction, Yukon, that killed one passenger and seriously injured five others,… …

A workers’ compensation tribunal in British Columbia has reopened the claim of a foundry worker whose major depressive disorder significantly worsened 18 years after he sustained severe burns in a… …

An employer successfully defended against a prohibited action claim by documenting years of performance issues unrelated to a worker’s safety complaints, according to a recent Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal ruling… …

A medical office assistant in British Columbia who was fired after repeatedly complaining that a co-worker was not pulling her weight has lost her appeal for reinstatement, with a tribunal… …

By Michael Oleksyn | Prince Albert Daily Herald The number of workplace incidents causing injury in the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division remains consistent year over year during the first eight… …

An Ontario arbitrator has ruled a firefighter’s death by suicide must be covered under an accidental death benefit because it resulted from work-related post-traumatic stress disorder, establishing that occupational mental… …

An Ontario Labour Relations Board decision has highlighted an important distinction in workplace health and safety law: protections under the Occupational Health and Safety Act apply to workers raising concerns… …

A hand faller sustained serious injuries when struck by a dangerous tree during wildfire suppression work in June 2023, after using a prohibited falling technique and failing to follow safe… …