Features & Analysis

The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia has reduced the time between workplace injury and treatment by 50 per cent since a soft launch began Oct. 14, according to the… …

By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen Judge Michael Brecknell sentenced a 23-year-old woman Nov. 28 to another 50 days in jail for stabbing a man at the front desk of… …

WorkSafeBC accepted 876 time-loss claims for ladder-related fall injuries in 2024, including 309 serious injuries such as fractures, contusions and strains. The workers’ compensation board and The Community Against Preventable… …

Nearly all Canadians support including athletic therapy and other injury treatments in employer health plans, according to a new Ipsos survey commissioned by the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association. The poll… …

A worker died after being ejected from a forklift that tipped over while another worker attempted to tow it with a pickup truck at a storage yard in March 2023.… …

A worker died and two others suffered serious injuries when a utility terrain vehicle crashed into trees after losing braking control on a steep gravel road at a mine site… …

A worker suffered serious injuries when a hydraulic cylinder fell from a gantry crane being assembled on a moored barge, striking him as he emerged from beneath the crane’s platform… …

The Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia and the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration have launched a collaborative injury prevention strategy to reduce workplace injuries across the province. Safer… …

WorkSafeNB has partnered with Nova Scotia to conduct joint tower crane inspections as construction activity increases across New Brunswick. The collaboration began at the Representatives of Atlantic Provinces occupational health… …