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National Forum on Changing World of Work

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 11:05:05 +0000

HAMILTON, ONT. – The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety’s (CCOHS) Forum 2025: The Changing World of Work (Forum), will take May 27 to 28 in Calgary, Alta. and is set to feature a variety of speakers who will delve into notable health and safety topics. The forum is a national two-day event where […]

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Builders reminded to construct with accessibility in mind

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 09:00:54 +0000

Not only were they reminded of their project responsibilities to identify, remove and prevent inaccessibility barriers, attendees at a Buildings Week Toronto seminar heard some disquieting statistics about the number of people with disabilities. Sixteen per cent of residents worldwide self-identify as having one or more disabilities, said technical accessibility specialist Samantha Ryan. That figure […]

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UPDATE: BC Building Trades: 39 construction workers mourned at Bentall IV Memorial

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:15:17 +0000

VANCOUVER — British Columbia experienced another deadly year in the construction industry with 39 workers dying in 2023, the latest year for which fatalities are confirmed by WorkSafeBC. Seventeen of those workers died due to trauma, while 22 died due to exposure. “It is deeply disheartening to see another year where the death toll in […]

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Industry Special: Mining actionable safety insights from big data

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:55:37 +0000

The BCCSA is leveraging data analytics tool to help construction employers improve safety outcomes If you could stop potential construction safety incidents before they happened, you’d do anything you could to prevent them. While we don’t have anything approaching a device that can look into the future, the BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) […]

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Two men arrested after break-and-enter at Hydro One field in Oshawa

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:00:37 +0000

OSHAWA, ONT. — Two men are facing several charges after breaking into a Hydro One field in Oshawa in late December. According to Durham police, on Dec. 30 at 10 a.m., officers responded to a break-and-enter at the Hydro One field, located at 2745 Townline Rd. Two males had allegedly cut numerous locks and entered […]

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WorkSafeBC’s premium rate remains unchanged in 2025

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:10:24 +0000

RICHMOND, B.C. — WorkSafeBC is reporting B.C. employers will see no change to the average base premium rate in 2025. For the eighth consecutive year, WorkSafeBC has set the average base rate at 1.55 per cent of assessable payroll (or $1.55 per $100 of payroll), states a release. In 2025, 59 per cent of employers […]

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‘Devastating loss’: Fire engulfs Telegraph Cove boardwalk on Vancouver Island

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:37:24 +0000

VANCOUVER ISLAND — Gordie Graham spent decades building the Telegraph Cove Resort on northeast Vancouver Island into a thriving ecotourism hub. He says he milled lumber for the project himself, transforming the tiny community that was once home to a sawmill and salmon cannery. But in just one morning, much of that creation — founded […]

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Special to the JOC: 2025 road safety resolutions for small business owners

Daily Commercial News — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:10:59 +0000

Do your company’s New Year’s resolutions include a commitment to road safety? They should if your employees do any work-related driving, from picking up office supplies to making sales calls to travelling between jobsites. You’ve got legal responsibilities for employees who drive full time, part time or occasionally – even if they use their own […]

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Preconstruction work to begin in January to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge

Lindsey Cole — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:29:22 +0000

BALITMORE — Preconstruction work to collect data to design a new Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore is scheduled to begin in January, according to Maryland officials. The Baltimore Sun reports that work is scheduled to include topographic and underwater surveys, as well as soil sampling, according to Bradley Tanner, a Maryland Transportation Authority spokesman. […]

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Sharon Giffen appointed to WorkSafeBC’s board of directors

Daily Commercial News — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:05:05 +0000

VICTORIA — A new director has been selected for appointment to WorkSafeBC’s governance board. Effective Dec. 31, Sharon Giffen, who is an actuary, will be appointed as a director of the Workers’ Compensation Board for a term ending Dec. 31, 2027. Giffen replaces Donald Smith, who was appointed to WorkSafeBC’s board of directors as an […]

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Emergency crews have located one body after mudslide displaced house in B.C.

Daily Commercial News — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:44:43 +0000

VANCOUVER — Squamish RCMP say emergency crews have recovered the body of one of the two people who may have been home after their residence was hit by the same mudslide that closed the Sea to Sky highway. BC RCMP spokesperson Cpl. James Grandy says the search continues this evening for a second person who […]

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Industry Special: Timely new construction resources aim to reverse a rising tide of musculoskeletal injuries

Daily Commercial News — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:55:46 +0000

BCCSA’s growing suite of MSI-prevention tools include 11 new exercise videos The BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) recently uploaded a series of 11 short videos — Essential Stretches for Construction Workers — to YouTube. The simple exercises, which take no more than about a minute each to complete, represent only a small part […]

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