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The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is now offering rebates of up to $2,500 to construction companies that buy automated external defibrillators for qualifying projects across Ontario. The program launched… …
An interest arbitration board has mandated that 32 Ontario hospitals maintain adequate stocks of N95 respirators and implement comprehensive infectious disease protocols as part of a new collective agreement covering… …
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has denied Starbucks Coffee Canada’s request to suspend two health and safety orders requiring ladder training for employees and installation of a plumbed eye-wash station… …
WorkSafeBC will maintain its average base premium rate at $1.55 per $100 of assessable payroll in 2026, marking the ninth consecutive year without change to the rate employers pay for… …
By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen Peter Peebles vows never to drive in British Columbia again. “It’s too dangerous,” Peebles said in an interview with The Citizen. The Sherwood Park, Alta.,… …
The Ontario Labour Relations Board has given a worker until mid-January to explain why his reprisal application against General Motors Canada should not be dismissed without a hearing. The worker… …
A Nova Scotia worker has been awarded compensation after a tribunal found his respiratory symptoms were caused by exposure to hydrogen sulfide at levels that exceeded safety thresholds at a… …
Manitoba has introduced new traffic rules designed to protect highway workers and cyclists following the Jan. 1 implementation of the Highway Traffic Amendment Act. The legislation establishes minimum distances drivers… …
Workers in warehouses, manufacturing plants and food processing facilities face ongoing heat stress risks during winter months, when indoor conditions can create dangerous exposures often overlooked by employers. While outdoor… …
Ontario will require defibrillators on large construction sites and mandate the posting of washroom cleaning records under new workplace safety regulations taking effect Jan. 1, 2026. Construction sites with 20… …
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