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Blog Post #901 – Kinark Child and Family Services Fined $125,000 After Workplace Violence Incident

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Kinark Child and Family Services, an agency providing children’s mental health services and support for children and youth in Halton Region and elsewhere in central Ontario, has been fined $125,000 following a workplace violence incident where a staff member was physically assaulted by a youth.

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Blog Post #899 – New Coal Mine Gets Order in Nova Scotia

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Nova Scotia’s Department of Labour and Advanced Education issued 10 safety orders and 29 warnings to the Donkin underground coal mine, which opened in February, 2017, even though none of the Cape Breton Island mine’s violations have put workers’ lives at risk. The orders and warnings stemmed from six Department inspections between February 27th and June 15th of that year, according to a CBC News report from August 04, 2017.

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