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Group calls for unlimited annual mental health coverage for correctional staff
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (560+ words) These suicides are not just a statistic " they are a warning sign that can no longer be ignored" The union representing Ontario's correctional workers is calling on the provincial government to immediately introduce unlimited annual mental health coverage for frontline…...
Cementex launches insulated toolkit for HVAC professionals
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (160+ words) Canadian Occupational Safety Cementex launches insulated toolkit for HVAC professionals TR-9 HVAC Toolkit is a set of double-insulated hand tools rated to 1, 000 VAC/1, 500 VDC for use around energized HVAC equipment Cementex has released the TR-9 HVAC Toolkit, a set of…...
Type II helmet mandate arrives on Canadian construction sites
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (638+ words) The CCSC's July 1 deadline is reshaping construction head protection and how the industry thinks about traumatic brain injury prevention "If you look at the data, most head injuries come from six feet or less from slips, trips, and falls," Barnes…...
West Fraser fined $110, 855. 83 after fatal confined space engulfment at sawmill
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (414+ words) Employer "failed to ensure that it assigned overall responsibility for administration of the confined space entry program and supervision of confined space entry to an adequately trained person" Work Safe BC has imposed a penalty of $110, 855. 83 against West Fraser Mills…...
Bill C-35 forced labour ban reshapes supply chain safety duties
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (553+ words) Proposed legislation will push health and safety leaders to examine supply chains well beyond their own worksites A new federal bill introduced in June 2026 is set to significantly expand the compliance obligations of Canadian employers, and health and safety leaders…...
Young worker safety campaign launched by WSIB this summer
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (607+ words) Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is warning of rising workplace injury rates among young workers as summer hiring ramps up Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has launched its 2026 #Practice Safe Work campaign. It targets young people aged…...
Canada's digital health tools
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (421+ words) How emerging tech is reshaping psychological safety protocols The right solution could reduce your workplace stress instead of amplifying it. Across Canada, organizations are increasingly modernizing these approaches through digital health technologies. National connected care initiatives aim to improve secure…...
B. C. heat stress rules called outdated as Work Safe BC urges employers to act
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (268+ words) Regulator is calling on employers to prepare now for heat stress, but researchers say the rules haven't kept pace with the climate With summer temperatures rising across British Columbia, Work Safe BC is calling on employers to address heat stress…...
Precarious parental work is hurting children's mental health, research finds
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (536+ words) Children whose parents hold insecure, low-wage jobs face significantly higher rates of mental health difficulties and lower academic performance Approximately one in five Canadians will be diagnosed with some form of mental illness by age 25, according to current estimates, and…...
Two Manitoba workers killed within 24 hours
1+ week, 6+ day ago (719+ words) RCMP, provincial regulator probe farm entanglement and roofing fall Occupational health and safety investigators in southern Manitoba are examining two unrelated workplace deaths that occurred roughly a day apart in mid-June. This comes as a farm worker was fatally entangled…...