Weyerhaeuser Company Limited has been ordered to pay $355,000 after a worker died at a lumber mill near Grande Prairie, Alta. The company pleaded guilty on May 19 in the …
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A fuel technician has been sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $10,000 plus a victim surcharge for fuel safety violations in Ontario. The Ontario Court of Justice handed …
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The New Brunswick Human Rights Commission is mourning the death of Randy Dickinson, a longtime disability rights advocate who chaired the commission from 2010 to 2015 and served as a …
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Newfoundland and Labrador has appointed lawyer Keri-Lynn Power to lead a statutory review of the province’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. Justice Minister Helen Conway Ott… …
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Aecon Utilities fined $175,000 after worker drowned in flooded trench in King City, Ont.
Aecon Utilities Inc. has been fined $175,000 after a worker was fatally injured in a water-and-silt slurry that filled an excavation trench during heavy rainfall at a King City worksite. …
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A Boston Pizza manager in Pembroke, Ont., has been fined $15,000 for giving falsified documents to a provincial labour investigator. Sameer Devgon, the manager of a Boston Pizza franchise at …
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Ontario introduces legislation targeting worker protections and red tape cuts
The Ontario government has introduced new legislation that would strengthen workplace health and safety rules, improve labour mobility across Canada and streamline business permits and approvals. The … Free Membership …
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Ontario moves to ban employer uniform charges, strengthen talent agency rules
The Ontario government has introduced proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 that would prohibit employers from requiring workers to pay for mandatory uniforms or deducting those costs… Free …
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The federal government will raise the federal minimum wage to $18.15 per hour on April 1, 2026, a 2.1% increase tied to last year’s inflation rate. The new rate applies …
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Saskatchewan ministry orders unlicensed immigration consultant to repay $96K in fraud case
Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Immigration and Career Training has issued a $96,000 compensation order against an unlicensed immigration consultant who collected fees, submitted no documents on a client’s… Free Membership Required …

