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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As Nova Scotia endured a heat warning last week, WCB Nova Scotia is highlighting the toll heat has taken on workers across the province. Since 2015, 201 Nova Scotians have… …
By Nick Turner, Julian Barling, and Kaylee Somerville Heat warnings have stretched across Canada this summer, from Atlantic Canada and southern British Columbia to the Prairies, central Canada and the… …
By Farhan M. Asrar I woke up today seeing that my windows appeared to have an yellow/orange tint to them, signalling that wildfire smoke was upon my city and reminding… …
WorkSafeBC is urging employers in the province’s Southern Interior to protect workers from heat-related illness as hot temperatures move into the region. “Elevated temperatures increase the risk of heat stress… …
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended its Heat National Emphasis Program through April 2031, giving the agency five more years to enforce heat safety rules at worksites… …
By Brian Bossak Millions of Americans are facing dangerous heat and humidity going into the July Fourth holiday as a major heat wave spreads across large parts of the central… …
By Ian Williams Heat is no longer a future climate risk. It is already here. Across continents, high temperatures are being pushed higher by forces acting at once: human-caused warming,… …
WorkSafeBC is calling on British Columbia employers to put hazard controls in place before summer weather creates dangerous conditions for workers. The workers’ compensation regulator says heat, wildfire smoke and… …
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