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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...

OH&S , Resource April 17, 2024

Your top JOC headlines: April 8 to 12

Your top JOC headlines this week feature a project profile on a 25-storey mass t...

Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects April 12, 2024

Atwill-Morin embraces exoskeletons for heavy lifting

Quebec-based construction company Atwill-Morin has acquired a dozen exoskeletons...

OH&S , Technology April 11, 2024

CBTU, Alberta Building Trades double up on mental health

With the Building Trades of Alberta (BTA) leading the way, the construction trad...

Associations , Labour , OH&S April 10, 2024

Two killed, one injured after shooting at Edmonton construction site

EDMONTON - Edmonton police are investigating the deaths of two men in the southw...

OH&S April 9, 2024

Syncrude pays $390,000 penalty related to excavator fatality

FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. – Syncrude Canada Ltd. pleaded guilty April 4 to one charge...

OH&S April 9, 2024

New BCCSA workplace mental health training program now live

The BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) has launched a workplace mental heal...

OH&S April 8, 2024

B.C. to require devices to limit speed of commercial vehicles

VICTORIA – The Government of British Columbia is requiring mandatory use of spee...

Government , OH&S April 5, 2024

Your top JOC headlines: April 1 to 5

Your top JOC headlines this week feature news nearby construction has forced the...

Associations , Infrastructure , OH&S , Technology April 5, 2024

Recognizing Global Asbestos Awareness Week

REGINA, SASK. - This week, until April 7, marks Global Asbestos Awareness Week,...

OH&S April 3, 2024

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...

OH&S April 1, 2024

Women have low injury and death rates in construction sector

Despite the recent B.C. fatality of a female construction worker at Vancouver’s...

OH&S March 22, 2024

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...

Government , OH&S , Resource March 19, 2024

Manitoba proposes new workplace safety legislation

WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is introducing proposed legislation to re-est...

Government , OH&S March 18, 2024

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 March 18, 2024

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...

OH&S March 18, 2024

Alberta paving company fined $295,000 for workplace fatality

BROOKS, ALTA. – Alberta-based Smith Group Holdings Ltd. and subsidiary Brooks As...

OH&S March 13, 2024

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...

Associations , OH&S March 7, 2024

Alberta fines construction company $144,000 for workplace injury

EDMONTON – The Edmonton Court of Justice has fined Marathon Underground Construc...

OH&S March 7, 2024

Fourth B.C. crane incident spurs critical WorkSafeBC stakeholder meeting

VANCOUVER – A fourth mishap involving a crane has occurred in Vancouver, adding...

OH&S March 5, 2024

CIRP, BC Build Together release mental health survey for women in construction

VANCOUVER – The Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan (CIRP) and BC Build To...

OH&S February 28, 2024

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 February 27, 2024

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...

Government , OH&S February 27, 2024

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...

OH&S February 25, 2024

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...

OH&S February 23, 2024

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...

OH&S February 22, 2024

‘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...

Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects February 22, 2024

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...

OH&S February 21, 2024

RCMP ask prosecutors to consider charge in B.C. crane collapse that killed 5

KELOWNA, B.C. -  Mounties say they have asked prosecutors to consider charges in...

OH&S February 20, 2024

Truck firm involved in multiple B.C. overpass strikes loses licence to operate

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has cancelled the operation licence o...

Government , OH&S February 16, 2024

Industry Special: B.C.’s ‘duty to co-operate and duty to maintain employment’ came into force on Jan. 1

  Provincial regulations codify rights and responsibilities of workers, em...

Associations , OH&S February 14, 2024

Saskatchewan rental company fined $24,000 for workplace injury

KINDERSLEY, SASK. – J&H Rentals has pleaded guilty in Kindersley Provincial...

OH&S February 12, 2024

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