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Crane contacts work platform at Bruce jobsite, no injuries
Crane contacts work platform at Bruce jobsite, no injuries
TIVERTON, ONT. - Bruce Power has confirmed there was a workplace incident on Sept. 6 involving a crane. Bruce’s corporate affairs department stated the mishap involved a crane that made contact with a work platform. Work was stopped and no injuries occur...
OH&S
Ottawa company fined $55,000 for worker injury
OTTAWA - Claridge Homes Inc. was fined $55,000 after a worker was injured by a s...
OH&S
Windsor construction companies convicted in wall collapse mishap
WINDSOR, ONT. - Two Windsor, Ont.-based construction companies have been fined a...
Government , OH&S
The Grenfell fire inquiry has ended with a damning report. So now what?
LONDON - Now that an independent inquiry has completed its investigation into Br...
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Crane contacts work platform at Bruce jobsite, no injuries
TIVERTON, ONT. - Bruce Power has confirmed there was a workplace incident on Sep...
OH&S
Ottawa company fined $55,000 for worker injury
OTTAWA - Claridge Homes Inc. was fined $55,000 after a worker was injured by a s...
OH&S
Windsor construction companies convicted in wall collapse mishap
WINDSOR, ONT. - Two Windsor, Ont.-based construction companies have been fined a...
Government , OH&S
The Grenfell fire inquiry has ended with a damning report. So now what?
LONDON - Now that an independent inquiry has completed its investigation into Br...
Government , OH&S
Cleanup underway after Montreal watermain break floods streets and homes
MONTREAL - A Montreal city spokesman warns it will be weeks before repairs can b...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
Rail bridge collapses on U.S.-Canada border
FORT FRANCES, ONT. — A century-old rail lift bridge that crosses the U.S.-Canada...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Toronto fire says downtown building evacuated, at risk of collapse
TORONTO - Toronto Fire Services say a two-storey downtown building has been evac...
OH&S
Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 12 to 16
Your top DCN headlines this week feature news a worker who was trapped in a tren...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Operating engineers honoured for Gordie Howe bridge lifesaving heroics
WINDSOR, ONT. — Two Gordie Howe International Bridge workers have been honoured...
OH&S , US News
Worker dies in Brantford construction site mishap
BRANTFORD, ONT. — Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skill...
OH&S
Hamilton railcar manufacturer fined in death of worker
HAMILTON, ONT. — National Steel Car Limited, a Hamilton-based manufacturer of ra...
OH&S
UPDATE: Worker rescued after being trapped in trench dies
TORONTO - Toronto police are reporting that the worker who was rescued earlier t...
OH&S
Flooring company fined $70,000 after worker exposed to carbon monoxide
LONDON, ONT. — BNE Concrete Floors & Coatings Inc. of Cambridge, Ont. has be...
OH&S
Workplace safety doesn’t take a summer vacation: WSIB
TORONTO — With many young people taking on summer jobs or entering the workforce...
OH&S
Memorial event marks anniversary of Dresden construction tragedy
DRESDEN, ONT. — Film director Eric Philpott is hosting a memorial event in Dresd...
OH&S
Your top DCN headlines: July 29 to Aug. 2
Your top DCN headlines this week feature an in-depth look into what the Montreal...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
UPDATE: Worker dies in King City workplace incident
KING CITY, ONT. — A construction worker is dead following an incident on a King...
OH&S
Mine worker fatally injured at New Gold site
TORONTO — Family and friends are mourning the death of Jeffrey Woolsey, who was...
OH&S
Three tornadoes hit Quebec Wednesday, uprooting trees, damaging infrastructure
MONTREAL - Three tornadoes touched down on Quebec territory Wednesday, Environm...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Ottawa electrician and company fined $32,500 for operating unlicensed
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Serge Yasmine and his company, BMX Renovations Inc., pleaded...
OH&S
Sections of DVP, Lakeshore flooded again after Toronto rainfall, thunderstorm watch
TORONTO - Sections of Toronto roadways, previously inundated by a major storm la...
Infrastructure , OH&S
Newfoundland refinery operator charged for flash explosion that killed worker
ST. JOHN'S — The owner of a refinery in Newfoundland has been charged with healt...
OH&S
$65,000 fine imposed for Leamington company after trench wall collapse
LEAMINGTON, ONT. — South Essex Fabricating Inc., a fabricator of commercial gree...
OH&S
Dresden 1957 documentary fundraising campaign hits goal
TORONTO — A 30-day crowdfunding campaign for a documentary film chronicling a ca...
OH&S
China investigators suspect construction work caused fire that killed 16 people in shopping mall
BEIJING — Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that ca...
OH&S
Flooding on DVP in Toronto as torrential rain hits city, GTA
TORONTO - A major highway, several thoroughfares and a key transit hub were floo...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
New IHSA videos to highlight family impact of workplace tragedies
Ontario’s Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) is producing five...
OH&S
Your top DCN headlines: July 8 to 12
Your top DCN headlines this week feature some “wild” news stemming from a Toront...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
Small fire in towering spire of medieval cathedral in French city of Rouen is under control
PARIS - A small fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral i...
OH&S
‘Perfect rat storm’: Ontario cities seek ways to fight increasingly visible rats
TORONTO - Efforts are underway to combat growing rat populations in two of Ontar...
Government , OH&S
Inquest announced for 2020 construction death in Pickering
TORONTO — An inquest will be held into the death of Christopher Panepinto who di...
OH&S
New construction death review process slated for fall unveiling
The Ontario government is still months away from introducing details of a new pr...
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Canadian construction spared in TFW crackdown
Canada’s construction sector was spared as the federal Liberal government announ...
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Climate and Construction: Natural gas bans hit a legal shut-off valve
Ambitions to ban the new installations of natural gas appliances and mechanical...
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$1.1 billion NextGen mill project making history in Saint John, N.B.
Pre-planning engineering work has started for construction of a new recovery boi...
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Stakeholders spar: What’s to blame for declining homebuilding productivity?
Two recently published articles on homebuilding productivity in Canada, one buil...
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$3.6B South Niagara Hospital celebrates one-year construction milestone
It’s been just over a year since ground was broken on the massive South Niagara...
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Muskoka townhouse development aims to be a ‘Nordic zen’
A new waterfront townhouse development in Muskoka, Ont. is looking to bring peop...
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Canada ‘walking the talk’ to sustainable infrastructure future: KPMG
Canada is walking the talk when it comes to embracing sustainable technology and...
Government , Infrastructure
Trades, supporters pledge to march on Labour Day
TORONTO - Ontario’s workers and their supporters are celebrating Labour Day acro...