Stone spills during partial derailment in Alberta Several cars loaded with stone in a Canadian National Railway freight have derailed in west-central Alberta. 12/30/14 Court dismisses wind turbine appeal brought by farm families An Ontario court has dismissed a set of appeals from four families which sought to have provincial legislation related to the approvals of large-scale wind farms declared unconstitutional. 12/30/14 Cold weather portable gas detection - guaranteed. For cold weather multi-gas detection check out this companion now guaranteed to last 12 hours at -20 degrees Celsius even after 2 years. The new GasAlertMicroClip XL battery technology enables you to own a small, affordable gas detector that lasts 18 hours (at least 12 in cold weather). Honeywell quality matters. B.C. transit police shooting raises questions about mental health, gun policy The death of a distraught man in a grocery store in Surrey, B.C., is prompting renewed scrutiny of police training and the jurisdiction’s unusual policy of allowing transit officers to carry guns. 12/29/14 | One wounded in Ottawa shopping mall shooting but no ‘active shooter: Police Boxing Day shoppers scrambled for safety as a shooter fired a single round in the outdoor area of an outlet mall in Ottawa, sending one person to hospital in what police are treating as an isolated incident. 12/29/14 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health faces OH&S charges The Ontario Ministry of Labour says it has laid charges against the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health over worker safety violations. 12/24/14 Brockville, Ont., health facility faces worker safety charges A mental health facility in Brockville, Ont., is facing five charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act relating to alleged worker safety violations. 12/24/14 Toxic Fissures As Canada’s oil-and-gas boom continues to fuel projects that involve hydraulic fracturing, just how much — or how little — do we know about what goes on underground? 12/02/14 Express Route to Safety A bill proposing to amend the Criminal Code of Canada to take violence against transit operators into consideration may result in stiffer penalties against those who assault bus and taxi drivers. 12/02/14 Ontario to implement working-at-heights training standard The Ministry of Labour (MOL) for Ontario has announced a new training standard for the province’s construction sector, aimed at preventing injuries and fatalities associated with those who work at heights. 12/22/14 Employee didn’t know evacuation drill in fatal seniors’ fire A co-owner of the Quebec seniors’ home that caught fire last January, killing 32 people, testified Wednesday the only employee working that night didn’t know the evacuation drill. 12/19/14 New DVD Encourages Workers to Speak Up about Unsafe Behaviour Dec. 2014 – BELLEVILLE, Ont. – A new employee safety program has been released and deals specifically with encouraging employees to speak up when they see a co-worker engaged in unsafe behaviour so injuries and fatalities can be prevented. 12/18/14
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