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Canadian Labour Congress Day of Mourning events – Western Canada
Canadian Labour Congress Day of Mourning events – Western Canada
OTTAWA — Every year on April 28, thousands of workers, friends and families of workers who have been killed or injured on the job gather at ceremonies from coast to coast to recognize the National Day of Mourning. The following is a list of events and ce...
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Your top JOC headlines: April 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week feature our North American housing crisis cover...
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WorkSafeBC announces 2024 approach to inspections
RICHMOND, B.C. – WorkSafeBC is indicating an emphasis on inspections in 2024 as...
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Fire destroys Second World War hangar at former Edmonton airport
An aircraft hangar built during the Second World War at Edmonton's former munici...
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Canadian Labour Congress Day of Mourning events – Western Canada
OTTAWA — Every year on April 28, thousands of workers, friends and families of w...
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Your top JOC headlines: April 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week feature our North American housing crisis cover...
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WorkSafeBC announces 2024 approach to inspections
RICHMOND, B.C. – WorkSafeBC is indicating an emphasis on inspections in 2024 as...
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Fire destroys Second World War hangar at former Edmonton airport
An aircraft hangar built during the Second World War at Edmonton's former munici...
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TC Energy pipeline rupture sparks wildfire near Edson, Alta.
A natural gas pipeline owned by TC Energy Corp. ruptured near Edson, Alta., on T...
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Your top JOC headlines: April 8 to 12
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a project profile on a 25-storey mass t...
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Atwill-Morin embraces exoskeletons for heavy lifting
Quebec-based construction company Atwill-Morin has acquired a dozen exoskeletons...
OH&S , Technology
CBTU, Alberta Building Trades double up on mental health
With the Building Trades of Alberta (BTA) leading the way, the construction trad...
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Two killed, one injured after shooting at Edmonton construction site
EDMONTON - Edmonton police are investigating the deaths of two men in the southw...
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Syncrude pays $390,000 penalty related to excavator fatality
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. – Syncrude Canada Ltd. pleaded guilty April 4 to one charge...
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New BCCSA workplace mental health training program now live
The BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) has launched a workplace mental heal...
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B.C. to require devices to limit speed of commercial vehicles
VICTORIA – The Government of British Columbia is requiring mandatory use of spee...
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Your top JOC headlines: April 1 to 5
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news nearby construction has forced the...
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Recognizing Global Asbestos Awareness Week
REGINA, SASK. - This week, until April 7, marks Global Asbestos Awareness Week,...
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Unstable nearby construction site forces evacuation of apartment in Kelowna, B.C.
KELOWNA, B.C. — More than 80 residents of a low-income apartment building in Kel...
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Women have low injury and death rates in construction sector
Despite the recent B.C. fatality of a female construction worker at Vancouver’s...
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Report says Elk Valley cleanup to cost three times reclamation funds set aside
ELK VALLEY, B.C. - The cost of removing a contaminant toxic to fish after decade...
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Manitoba proposes new workplace safety legislation
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is introducing proposed legislation to re-est...
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F.A.S.T. launching new women’s high-vis line as demand grows
No more boxy pants, droopy elephant rears, turtle-shell jackets and hand-devouri...
Economic , OH&S
Deltera health and safety specialist looks to change jobsite culture
In the 11 years she has worked as a Deltera health and safety specialist, Cheryl...
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Alberta paving company fined $295,000 for workplace fatality
BROOKS, ALTA. – Alberta-based Smith Group Holdings Ltd. and subsidiary Brooks As...
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B.C. crane safety: ‘Industry has lost public confidence and we need to work together to regain it’
British Columbia crane safety stakeholders are working together to push for grea...
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Alberta fines construction company $144,000 for workplace injury
EDMONTON – The Edmonton Court of Justice has fined Marathon Underground Construc...
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Fourth B.C. crane incident spurs critical WorkSafeBC stakeholder meeting
VANCOUVER – A fourth mishap involving a crane has occurred in Vancouver, adding...
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CIRP, BC Build Together release mental health survey for women in construction
VANCOUVER – The Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan (CIRP) and BC Build To...
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Province not effectively managing hazardous spills, says B.C.’s auditor general
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the Ministry of Environment i...
Government , OH&S
Eby ‘profoundly worried’ about B.C. fire season as billions prepped for contingencies
VANCOUVER—Premier David Eby says he is "profoundly worried" about the potentiall...
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Family of crane incident victim creates fundraiser to send her home
VANCOUVER – The family of a construction worker killed by a falling crane load h...
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Suncor reverses workplace injury trend, reports 2023 was company’s safest year ever
Oilsands giant Suncor Energy Inc., which has been heavily criticized in recent y...
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EllisDon reports operations at Oakridge site halted as crane load fatality death investigation continues
VANCOUVER - The mayor of Vancouver says he is "deeply saddened" by the death of...
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‘This industry can’t be a free-for-all’: WorkSafeBC not releasing Kelowna crane safety report at this time
British Columbia’s safety regulator will not yet release its completed report on...
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UPDATE: Worker dead after load from construction crane falls on Vancouver building
VANCOUVER - B.C.'s premier and minister of labour are sharing their heartfelt co...
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Done: Expanded Trans Mountain pipeline launches May 1
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Top 10 major upcoming High-Rise Residential and Transportation construction projects – Canada – April 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming High-Rise Residential a...
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