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Construction鈥檚 role in World Suicide Prevention Day
Construction鈥檚 role in World Suicide Prevention Day
First launched in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention, World Suicide Prevention Day is held each year on Sept. 10 and corresponds with suicide prevention week and month. It鈥檚 been designated as a way of focusing attention on the...
OH&S
Employers worry WorkSafeBC accident fund is running low
Some B.C. employers believe the WorkSafeBC accident fund is run down and needs t...
Associations , OH&S
Some cool thinking needed after Vancouver wood-frame construction site fire
On Aug. 6, a fire broke out at a six-storey wood-frame rental apartment building...
OH&S
Flush toilets coming Oct. 1 for B.C. construction sites
VICTORIA 鈥 British Columbia construction workers will soon have access to flush...
Associations , OH&S
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Construction鈥檚 role in World Suicide Prevention Day
First launched in 2003 by the International Association for Suicide Prevention,...
OH&S
Employers worry WorkSafeBC accident fund is running low
Some B.C. employers believe the WorkSafeBC accident fund is run down and needs t...
Associations , OH&S
Some cool thinking needed after Vancouver wood-frame construction site fire
On Aug. 6, a fire broke out at a six-storey wood-frame rental apartment building...
OH&S
Flush toilets coming Oct. 1 for B.C. construction sites
VICTORIA 鈥 British Columbia construction workers will soon have access to flush...
Associations , OH&S
B.C. mining project ordered to shut down unauthorized work camp
VANDERHOOF, B.C. 鈥 The province of British Columbia鈥檚 Environmental Assessment O...
OH&S , Resource
Town of Kindersley fined $175,000 for worker fatality
KINDERSLEY, SASK. 鈥 The Town of Kindersley, Sask. pleaded guilty on Aug. 13 in K...
OH&S
Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver, B.C., street
VANCOUVER - A City of Vancouver official says a huge聽crane聽that crashed down on...
Infrastructure , OH&S
$95,000 fine handed down after workers injured from truss collapse
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK 鈥 On July 29, HVR Construction Ltd. pleaded guilty in Nor...
OH&S
B.C. wildfire costs reach about $387 million so far this year, wildfire service says
VICTORIA鈥擝ritish Columbia has already spent about $387 million battling fires so...
Economic , OH&S
Five homes unsafe following Vancouver fires, crane collapse: fire department
VANCOUVER 鈥 Vancouver Fire Rescue Services say five homes are unsafe to occupy a...
OH&S
Your top JOC headlines: Aug. 5 to 9
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a story on a massive fire that erupted...
Economic , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
Vancouver residents displaced after major fire burns homes as crane collapses
VANCOUVER 鈥 Leslie Guerin watched ashes and burning embers the size of bowling b...
OH&S
Western wildfires: How to protect jobsites with a fire safety plan
Yesterday, we looked at the steps construction employers and workers can...
OH&S
Fasten your bandages: Changes coming to B.C.鈥檚 occupational first aid regulations
On Nov. 1, 2024 changes regarding the provision of occupational first aid (OFA)...
Associations , OH&S
Western wildfires: Mitigating worker health risks on jobsites
With wildfire season in full swing and smoke drifting across most of Wes...
OH&S , Resource
UPDATE: Crane collapses amidst fire at Vancouver construction site
VANCOUVER 鈥 Vancouver Fire Rescue Services (VFRS) says a fire that broke out on...
OH&S
Oct. 1 is coming, here鈥檚 what you need to know about new tower crane safety regs in B.C.
A new amendment meant to improve tower crane safety in B.C. will take effect Oct...
OH&S
WorkSafeBC crane safety, emergency planning amendments approved
VANCOUVER 鈥 WorkSafeBC has approved several amendments to the Occupational Healt...
OH&S
Multiple structures ablaze as wildfire roars into Jasper, Alta., townsite
JASPER, ALTA. - One of two raging, wind-whipped fires menacing聽Jasper, Alta., ro...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Wildfire near Jasper National Park prompts evacuation and highway closures
EDMONTON - Multiple wildfires in Jasper National Park flared up with a vengeance...
OH&S
Wildfire prompts MEG Energy to evacuate northern Alberta oilsands site
CHRISTINA LAKE, ALTA. - MEG Energy Corp. has had to evacuate non-essential perso...
OH&S , Resource
WorkSafeBC to hold public hearings on washroom facilities and seatbelts
VANCOUVER 鈥 WorkSafeBC, British Columbia鈥檚 safety regulator, is holding a public...
OH&S
Yukon water regulator said miner ‘flouted’ licence, saved millions, long before spill
WHITEHORSE 鈥 Two years before the disastrous ore slide and spill of cyanide solu...
OH&S , Resource
Saskatchewan construction company fined $25,000 for workplace injury
HAGUE, SASK. 鈥 Saskatchewan construction company Builder Brothers Construction I...
OH&S
Wildfire burns out of control near Suncor’s Firebag oilsands site
CALGARY鈥擲uncor Energy Inc. says it is moving to have essential personnel only at...
OH&S
Calgary construction company, supervisor fined over $540,000 for fatality
CALGARY 鈥 Calgary-based construction company Volker Stevin Contracting Ltd. and...
OH&S
Trestle bridge fire in Richmond, B.C. leads to air quality bulletin
RICHMOND, B.C. - Metro Vancouver Regional District has issued an Air Quality Bul...
Infrastructure , OH&S
UPDATE: New WorkSafeBC recommendations to 鈥榓ddress gaps in crane safety鈥
RICHMOND, B.C. 鈥 WorkSafeBC says the risks associated with crane use in B.C. are...
OH&S
Another crane-swing case hoists up to B.C. Supreme Court
A crane-swing case filed for hearing in B.C. Supreme Court (BCSC) is underscorin...
Government , OH&S
Your top JOC headlines: June 10 to 14
Your top JOC headlines this week feature news several companies have been charge...
Economic , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects , Resource
Work pauses on Calgary water pipe after injuries; consumption continues to rise
CALGARY - Repair work on a fractured聽Calgary聽water pipe has been paused after tw...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
Companies charged after 2022 deaths of two workers on Alberta oil and gas site
EDMONTON - Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) has laid charges ag...
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Saskatchewan to spend $1.92 million on two skilled trades centres
REGINA, SASK. 鈥 The government of Saskatchewan is allocating $1.92 million in fu...
Government , Labour
新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023鈥檚 first-ever tsunami evacuation tower built at Haida Gwaii school
MASSET, B.C. 鈥 Students in Masset, B.C. will soon learn in a safer school that i...
Projects
Ledcor leads off with first phase of $2B Alberta Highway 3 twinning
Ledcor Highways Ltd. is leading off work on the first of eight phases planned to...
Infrastructure , Projects
Some cool thinking needed after Vancouver wood-frame construction site fire
On Aug. 6, a fire broke out at a six-storey wood-frame rental apartment building...
OH&S
PCL announces promotions in offices across 新澳门六合彩开奖结果2023
PCL Construction is making leadership changes in five of its Canadian districts....
Economic
Legal Notes: Crown loses 鈥渆mployer鈥 appeal in landmark Sudbury case
The Superior Court of Ontario issued a ruling on August 23 that is certain to br...
Government
Metro Vancouver board chair pushes back on calls for North Shore wastewater plant project info
NORTH VANCOUVER 鈥 Metro Vancouver board chair Mike Hurley insists the organizati...
Government , Projects
B.C. building code update expands use of single egress stairs
VICTORIA, B.C. 鈥 The government of British Columbia has announced updates to the...