Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
Written by Jeff Cottrill, Editor
Safety issues in British Columbia’s social-worker sector have resulted in “no-go zones” throughout the province that aboriginal child-youth and family workers avoid, according to a report from the BC Government and Service employees’ Union (BCGEU).
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
The B.C. Nurses’ Union (BCNU) Is calling for increased worker protection at a hospital in Coquitlam, British Columbia, after a male nurse was attacked while trying to de-escalate an argument between two patients on October 26, 2015.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (November 2015)
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) has agreed to hear a complaint against a Tim Hortons location in a case that the United Steelworkers (USW) originally filed on behalf of Filipino employees of the coffee shop in December 2013.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)
Original story: Jeff Cottrill
British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe announced on March 25, 2015 that an ongoing inquest into the fatal Lakeland sawmill explosion in Prince George in 2012 had been temporarily adjourned, citing newly disclosed information about subsequent investigations into the tragedy.