The enactment of Bill C-45 after the Westray disaster was supposed to change how serious safety incidents were prosecuted. Has it?

With the NHL playoffs starting, it’s a good time to revisit this blog from last year on managing the risk of concussions hockey players face.

In Canada, while prostitution isn’t illegal, many of its related activities, including running a brothel or bawdy house and communicating for the purpose of prostitution, are illegal. An appeals court just struck down some of the laws limiting prostitution-related activities—not because of moral or personal …

It used to be the case that companies had one or two locations in the same general area. But these days, many companies are huge international organizations with multiple locations in several jurisdictions—and even different companies.
For example, in a recent poll, you told us that …

More and more, the general public, government and investors are demanding that manufacturers make environmentally responsible products—and be able to show the environmental impact of those products throughout their life cycles. But companies sometimes make misleading or false claims about the environmental impacts or benefits …

The US’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) just published its long awaited final hazard communication (“hazcom”) standard that’s compliant with the UN Globally Harmonized System (GHS), which is designed to coordinate workplace chemical safety regulations across the world. The new standard is more than 800 …

Just after 5:30 a.m., a 29-year-old man driving a pickup truck apparently swerved into the oncoming lane and smashed into the ambulance. Five people were taken to the hospital, including a paramedic who was listed in critical condition. Authorities suspect alcohol was involved in the …

The MOL released a fact sheet on preventing infectious diseases at construction projects. Construction workers are often at risk from exposure to infectious diseases due to poor sanitary conditions of toilets and clean-up facilities, which is a major cause of disease and can be a …

The Department of Health and Social Services warned of an increased number of flu cases in Yellowknife and Hay River involving a strain of Influenza A, the most common form of the flu virus. This outbreak is a little later than normal. Most of the …

The Office of the Fire Marshal issued an alert on a number of natural gas-burning forced-air furnaces that have the potential to release carbon monoxide fumes into the living environment. Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless and toxic gas that’s a product of incomplete …