The company that employed a 27-year-old apprentice plumber who died after he was buried in a collapsed trench at a work site has been charged under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

We need to prevent fires through the enforcement of occupational health and safety policies and guidelines in the Great Lakes countries. Robert Kigongo is a sustainable development analyst.

It wasn’t until 2006 that agricultural workers were included in the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. However, Johnstone said farm workers are still covered by far fewer ...

Changes for workplace safety . If passed, the legislation would introduce new safety rules for construction sites, including a requirement for automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) on projects that ...

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This story has been updated to better reflect the wording of the ministry on this case and the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Jun 03, 2025 9:41 AM EDT. ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

The board says de Villiers, a top public health official in northern Alberta before his move to B.C. in 2020, has a supportive network of family, friends and "faith community." ...

EDMONTON – Alberta’s government says it’s extending the deadline for a former judge to investigate allegations of high-level conflict of interest and arm-twisting in health care contracts.

On September 20, 2024, Nova Scotia’s Stronger Workplaces for Nova Scotia Act, which amended the Workers’ Compensation Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, and the Labour Standards Code ...

A worker was hospitalized after a fire broke out at the Leduc and District Regional Waste Management Facility Saturday night. Leduc County Fire Services said in a news release Sunday firefighters ...

Reuters could not verify the total number of workers trained by all of the centers, but the Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety in Cooperstown, New York, trained more than 5,600 ...