Workplace Violence

By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen A woman who bit a nurse at University Hospital of Northern BC was sentenced March 26 to five months under a curfew in the… …

By Emily Bowen | Mildmay Town Crier The Bluewater District School Board (BWDSB) in Chelsey, Ont., reported a decline in workplace violence incidents across its schools, while emphasizing continued investment in prevention, training… …

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A personal support worker in Windsor has been killed while on the job, prompting her union to call for sweeping safety reforms in Ontario’s homecare sector. The worker was a… …

By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen A man accused of spitting in a city worker’s face in August 2024 was acquitted Feb. 23 in Prince George Provincial Court of an… …

A province-wide survey of nearly 3,000 Ontario Catholic teachers has found that workplace violence and harassment are widespread, worsening and inadequately managed — with reporting systems that fail to produce… …

By Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon Eight months before the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting, OpenAI knew something was wrong. The company’s automated review system had flagged Jesse Van Rootselaar’s ChatGPT account for interactions… …

By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen A BC Review Board tribunal decided to keep a man in custody for another 12 months due to his “fragile brain and risk of… …