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Newfoundland and Labrador is marking the 17th anniversary of the Cougar Flight 491 crash, which killed 17 offshore workers on March 12, 2009, in one of the province’s deadliest workplace… …
A Grand Falls-Windsor company and one of its supervisors face multiple charges under Newfoundland and Labrador’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and Regulations following a carbon monoxide exposure incident… …
By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee The B.C. government wants crane operation to become a ticketed trade, like a Red Seal profession, according to Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside. The change… …
A railway yard crew bypassed several safety rules while reversing a cut of 66 railcars in the dark, causing a collision that derailed 11 cars — seven of them carrying… …
A WorkSafeBC investigation has concluded that a flooring worker died after falling through an unguarded second-floor opening at a newly built British Columbia elementary school in August 2023. The worker… …
A trainee helicopter pilot died after his aircraft entered a dangerous aerodynamic condition during a training flight near Whitehorse, Yukon, on May 2, 2025 — an accident that underscores a… …
Falls account for more than 162,000 hospitalizations annually in Canada and cost the country over $10 billion each year in direct and indirect expenses, according to a new national report… …
Health care providers who treat injured workers will gather in Vancouver this June for a full-day conference focused on clinician well-being, trauma-informed practice and alignment in worker recovery. WorkSafeBC is… …
Nova Scotia’s workplace injury insurer is contacting injured workers more quickly and getting them back to work sooner, according to new performance data for February. The Workers’ Compensation Board of… …
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