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HCRA finds builder guilty of operating without a licence, false advertising
HCRA finds builder guilty of operating without a licence, false advertising
TORONTO – Following an investigation by the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA), Al-Leem Kassam, operating as Creative Design & Construction, has been convicted of building without a licence, presenting himself as a licensed builder and fail...
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Project supervisor fined $10,000 after worker injured in fall
TORONTO — A project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc. has been fi...
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CCOHS unveils free mental health toolkit
HAMILTON, ONT. — The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)...
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Foreman fined $20,000 after worker killed by rock truck
CALEDON, ONT. — A foreman employed by Road-Ex Contracting Ltd. has been fined $2...
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HCRA finds builder guilty of operating without a licence, false advertising
TORONTO – Following an investigation by the Home Construction Regulatory Authori...
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Project supervisor fined $10,000 after worker injured in fall
TORONTO — A project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc. has been fi...
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CCOHS unveils free mental health toolkit
HAMILTON, ONT. — The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)...
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Foreman fined $20,000 after worker killed by rock truck
CALEDON, ONT. — A foreman employed by Road-Ex Contracting Ltd. has been fined $2...
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Inquest date announced into death of construction worker Christopher Panepinto
PICKERING, ONT. — A date has been scheduled for the inquest into the death of Ch...
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Company fined $250,000 after two workers injured, two killed in Ajax sewer incident
MAPLE, ONT. — Sewer and watermain construction company Direct Underground Inc. o...
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Concord company faces $130,000 fine after worker fatality
CONCORD, ONT. — Fourwinds Construction Inc. of Concord, Ont. has been convicted...
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Bell Let’s Talk: Construction’s next generation needs mental health support now
Bell Let’s Talk Day has become the world’s largest conversation about mental hea...
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Companies fined $230,000 after Hamilton workplace fatality
HAMILTON, ONT. — New Horizon Development Group (Waterdown) Inc. and TKEM Electri...
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St. Jacobs construction company fined $70,000 after worker struck by vehicle
ST. JACOBS, ONT. — Civil infrastructure and material supply company Steed and Ev...
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Power company, supervisor fined $262,000 after worker critically injured
WINGHAM, ONT. — Hydro One Networks Inc. and Gregory Diebold, a supervisor, have...
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National Forum on Changing World of Work
HAMILTON, ONT. – The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety’s (CCOHS...
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Builders reminded to construct with accessibility in mind
Not only were they reminded of their project responsibilities to identify, remov...
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Two men arrested after break-and-enter at Hydro One field in Oshawa
OSHAWA, ONT. — Two men are facing several charges after breaking into a Hydro On...
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Preconstruction work to begin in January to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge
BALITMORE — Preconstruction work to collect data to design a new Francis Scott K...
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OAPC’s Trillium Awards slated to move to third-party certification in March
A plan to transition the Ontario Asphalt Pavement Council’s self-regulated Trill...
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Ontario to set $500K minimum fine for repeat, serious health and safety violations
TORONTO — Ontario is planning to create a mandatory minimum fine of $500,000 for...
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BREAKING: Worker suffers leg injury after wall mishap on Toronto jobsite
TORONTO — Toronto police were called to the scene just after 11 a.m. this mornin...
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Piccini, Moody: MOL seeing ‘bend in the curve’ on construction deaths
Ontario’s Minister of Labour David Piccini says the government will not be resti...
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Sarnia refinery plant fined $900,000 for environmental violations
SARNIA, ONT. — Imperial Oil Limited (IOL) was convicted on Sept. 16 and fined $9...
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Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 11 to 15
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news two buildings partially collapsed...
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UPDATE: Hamilton buildings collapse, city calls for emergency demo
HAMILTON, ONT. — Hamilton police and fire were called to the area of 28 King St....
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Owen Sound construction company fined $200,000 after worker critically injured
OWEN SOUND, ONT. — Pickard Construction of Owen Sound, Ont. has been fined $200,...
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Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 4 to 8
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news one worker was killed and two othe...
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Excavation collapse leaves one worker dead, two injured
TORONTO — One male worker has died, and two others sustained serious but non-lif...
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A hotel collapses in Argentina and leaves 1 dead and several trapped
MEXICO CITY - A 10-story hotel under renovation in Argentina collapsed Tuesday,...
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University of Cambridge study reveals job stress affects 70 per cent of workers
CAMBRIDGE, U.K. — The findings of a study conducted by researchers from the Univ...
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Director ordered to pay $5,000 for Environmental Protection Act Violation
TORONTO — Martin Hackborn has been convicted of one violation under the Environm...
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Huyer unveils Construction Death Review procedures
Ontario’s chief coroner Dr. Dirk Huyer has unveiled the government’s new constru...
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‘Alarming’: Report says Canadian homes show higher levels, exposure to radon gas
CALGARY — A countrywide study says radioactive radon exposure is on the rise and...
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Workplace Safety North wins Canada Award for Excellence in mental health
NORTH BAY, ONT. — Workplace Safety North (WSN) is the platinum winner of the Can...
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Quebec company fined $80,000 after worker struck by falling sole plate
TORONTO - Andritz Hydro Canada, a Quebec company that supplies hydro turbines an...
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