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Health & Safety
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Oil spills leave regulator unhappy with performance of N.L.’s offshore industry
ST. JOHN’S – The chairman of Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil industry regulator says back-to-back spills from the Hibernia platform over the last month represent concerning failures to meet obligations to society and the environment. An estimated 2,200 litres of…
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ExxonMobil fined $40,000 after near miss on rig off Nova Scotia last fall
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s offshore regulator has fined ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. $40,000 after a “near miss” incident last fall that saw a chain dropped on the Noble Regina Allen drilling rig. The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board says it found…
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Worker sent to hospital after being injured by equipment at Pearson Airport
MISSISSAUGA – Police say a worker was sent to hospital after he was hurt by a piece of equipment at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Peel Regional Police say the incident happened on Monday at about 10:40 a.m. They say the…
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Canadian airlines taking different tacks with grounded 737 Max aircraft
MONTREAL – Canada’s two biggest airlines are taking different tacks to stow their Boeing 737 Max 8s as the aircraft’s drawn-out grounding continues to cause turbulence in the flight industry. Air Canada is looking at sending its two-dozen Max 8s…
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Ontario boosts funds for special emergency response teams
PETERBOROUGH – Ontario is putting $2.5 million toward special first-responder teams that are dispatched when buildings collapse or if there are chemical spills. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones announced the money – an increase of more than $1 million over last…
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Transportation Safety Board team in Yukon after Aug. 6 fatal plane crash
WHITEHORSE – Transportation Safety Board investigators have arrived in Yukon to begin the investigation into Tuesday’s fatal crash of a small plane north of Whitehorse. The pilot, 24-year-old Shawn Kitchen of Whitehorse, and his passenger, 33-year-old Vancouver-based geologist Julia Lane,…
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MANN+HUMMEL acquires Hardy Filtration
MANN+HUMMEL finalized the acquisition of Hardy Filtration, a Canada-based air filtration company. “We are committed to expanding in the air and water filtration industries, and we are excited to announce the addition of the Hardy team less than a year…
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Evacuation of Alberta hamlet rescinded after CPR train derailment
IRVINE, Alta. – Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a train derailment in southeastern Alberta that forced people from their homes and the temporary closure of a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway. Residents in and around the hamlet…
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B.C. First Nation buys 5 per cent stake in $2.5 billion clean energy projects
VICTORIA – An Indigenous nation in northwest British Columbia says an investment in clean-energy projects worth more than $2.5 billion represents a historic move towards its economic independence. The Tahltan Nation announced Monday the purchase of a five per cent…
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Bystander training gains traction as tool to prevent sexual harassment, violence
It wasn’t until the rise of the #MeToo movement that Julia Gartley began talking more about that night, early in her mining career. The engineer was one of the few women at a remote mining operation when, after a social…
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Automated Process Helps Products Move
Distributor uses a collection of systems combined with best practices to ensure it minimizes downtime. What do a wire guide system, a computerized maintenance management system, and a continuously moving conveyor system have in common? These are the advanced systems…
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‘Titans’ crew member dead after accident at Toronto special effects facility
TORONTO – Warner Bros. says a crew member died in an accident Thursday at a special effects facility in Toronto. A statement from the executive producers of “Titans” says Warren Appleby died during a special effects test for the show.…
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Halifax Transit to cushion plastic bus seating after riders’ complaints
HALIFAX – After rider complaints about slippery plastic seats, Halifax Transit is looking to add cushioned fabric inserts to a large portion of its more than 300-bus fleet. A tender that expires Thursday says nine inserts will be required for…
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Chornobyl’s radioactive dust shelter unveiled
KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday inaugurated a giant structure built to confine radioactive debris at the nuclear reactor that exploded in Chornobyl in 1986. The confinement structure for the Chornobyl nuclear power plant’s Reactor No. 4…
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Firefighters rescue eight people trapped in Calgary Tower elevator
CALGARY – Firefighters had to rescue eight people trapped inside a stuck elevator at a well-known Calgary landmark on Friday night. Batallion Chief Alistair Robin says a cable on one of the elevators at the Calgary Tower broke, and the…
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Dozens ill from carbon monoxide out of hospital as leak at hotel investigated
WINNIPEG – Insufficient ventilation is the suspected cause of a carbon monoxide build-up that forced the evacuation of a Winnipeg hotel this week and sent 46 guests and staff to hospital. “It appears carbon monoxide in the building built up…
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Maximum Uptime
Honda of Canada Manufacturing uses preventative and predictive maintenance to ensure production keeps moving. Back in 1986, Honda Motor Company became the first Japanese automotive manufacturer to build a production plant in Canada, creating Honda of Canada Manufacturing (HCM). The…
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Cape Breton coal mining suspended after new roof collapse; no injuries reported
DONKIN, N.S. – Operations at Canada’s only operating underground coal mine have been suspended due to another roof collapse, this time in the entrance tunnel to the Cape Breton colliery. Nova Scotia’s Labour Department said Monday that inspectors have been…
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Worker at Halifax Shipyard seriously injured in industrial accident
HALIFAX – Police say a worker at the Halifax Shipyard suffered life-threatening injuries when he was struck by a piece of equipment. The industrial accident was reported Tuesday at 7 p.m. Halifax Regional Police say the 40-year-old man fell after…
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Workers who were trapped deep in Saskatchewan mine now safely back on surface
SASKATOON – A fertilizer company says all 34 people who were trapped deep in a Saskatchewan potash mine for more than a day are now safely above ground. Will Tigley, a spokesman with Nutrien Ltd., said a service shaft stopped…
