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Growing wildfires across Western Canada are forcing thousands from their homes
Growing wildfires across Western Canada are forcing thousands from their homes
Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildfires threaten their communities, triggering evacuation orders and alerts. In British Columbia, a widening area around the northeastern community of Fort Nelson is under evacu...
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Manitoba wildfire spread surprisingly fast, forcing evacuation
WINNIPEG, MAN. - Crews are continuing to battle a wildfire in northwest Manitoba...
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Wildfire burning near Fort Nelson continues to rapidly grow
The wildfire burning near Fort Nelson continues to grow rapidly. As of Tuesday...
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Fire officials worry wind could push wildfire into B.C. town today
FORT NELSON, B.C. - A fire behaviour specialist with the B.C. Wildfire Service s...
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Growing wildfires across Western Canada are forcing thousands from their homes
Thousands of people in Western Canada remain displaced from their homes as wildf...
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Manitoba wildfire spread surprisingly fast, forcing evacuation
WINNIPEG, MAN. - Crews are continuing to battle a wildfire in northwest Manitoba...
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Wildfire burning near Fort Nelson continues to rapidly grow
The wildfire burning near Fort Nelson continues to grow rapidly. As of Tuesday...
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Fire officials worry wind could push wildfire into B.C. town today
FORT NELSON, B.C. - A fire behaviour specialist with the B.C. Wildfire Service s...
Government , OH&S
B.C. washroom regulations should heed examples of Ontario, Quebec
WorkSafeBC, under pressure from Premier David Eby, is developing new regulations...
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Fort McMurray under evacuation alert due to out-of-control wildfire nearby
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. - An evacuation alert was issued in Alberta for Fort McMurr...
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Portage Avenue apartment in Winnipeg vacated due to unsafe conditions
WINNIPEG – The City of Winnipeg has issued an order to the owner of 2440 Portage...
Government , OH&S
The state of occupational health and safety in B.C.’s construction sector
°µÍø½ûÇøion Safety Week is an opportune time to reflect on the evolving landsca...
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Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and °µÍø½ûÇøion Trades Cou...
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°µÍø½ûÇøion can be kind: Recognizing Mental Health Week
According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, this year’s Mental Health W...
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Safety Week Preview: °µÍø½ûÇøion needs to value every voice
Valuing every voice is the theme of this year’s °µÍø½ûÇøion Safety Week. Held...
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Red Deer oilfield equipment company sentenced for workplace fatality
RED DEER, ALTA. – Oilfield equipment company Isolation Equipment Services Inc. h...
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B.C. Day of Mourning a reminder improving workplaces is a job that’s never done
Provincial politicians, labour organizations, business associations and workers...
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Canadian Labour Congress Day of Mourning events – Western Canada
OTTAWA — Every year on April 28, thousands of workers, friends and families of w...
Labour , OH&S
Your top JOC headlines: April 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week feature our North American housing crisis cover...
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WorkSafeBC announces 2024 approach to inspections
RICHMOND, B.C. – WorkSafeBC is indicating an emphasis on inspections in 2024 as...
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Fire destroys Second World War hangar at former Edmonton airport
An aircraft hangar built during the Second World War at Edmonton's former munici...
Infrastructure , OH&S
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
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
Atwill-Morin embraces exoskeletons for heavy lifting
Quebec-based construction company Atwill-Morin has acquired a dozen exoskeletons...
OH&S , Technology
CBTU, Alberta Building Trades double up on mental health
With the Building Trades of Alberta (BTA) leading the way, the construction trad...
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Two killed, one injured after shooting at Edmonton construction site
EDMONTON - Edmonton police are investigating the deaths of two men in the southw...
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Syncrude pays $390,000 penalty related to excavator fatality
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. – Syncrude Canada Ltd. pleaded guilty April 4 to one charge...
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New BCCSA workplace mental health training program now live
The BC °µÍø½ûÇøion Safety Alliance (BCCSA) has launched a workplace mental heal...
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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
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
Recognizing Global Asbestos Awareness Week
REGINA, SASK. - This week, until April 7, marks Global Asbestos Awareness Week,...
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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...
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Women have low injury and death rates in construction sector
Despite the recent B.C. fatality of a female construction worker at Vancouver’s...
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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
Manitoba proposes new workplace safety legislation
WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is introducing proposed legislation to re-est...
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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...
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Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic , Projects
Highway upgrades coming this summer for northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. – Crews will pave and resurface 260 kilometres of highways a...
Infrastructure
Oversight critical on construction sites when temperatures spike
Jim Noon, president of the Vancouver Island Building and °µÍø½ûÇøion Trades Cou...
OH&S
Manitoba stakeholders clash over union certification legislation
Manitoba’s labour stakeholders are once again battling about provincial legislat...
Labour
Bill Gates paves a new road for carbon reduction in construction
Bill Gates is at it again. The billionaire philanthropist, investor and co-found...
Resource , Technology , US News
Fire officials learn from past in responding to this year’s Fort McMurray wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. — Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the hig...
Resource
°µÍø½ûÇøion companies need a strategy as ESG reporting requirements increase
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) monitoring, measuring and reporting a...
Resource
Saskatchewan’s Boundary dam carbon capture project underperforms, report says
REGINA — A signature carbon capture and storage project in Saskatchewan continue...