Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
Jeff Gooch, a construction site foreman, has been acquitted of criminal negligence causing the death of one of his workers by the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.
Blog Post #1608 – Workplace Fatalities Decline in Nova Scotia
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2024)
The number of workplace fatalities in Nova Scotia decreased last year, according to the latest data from the Workers’ Compensation Board of Nova Scotia.
Blog Post #1598 – Nova Scotia Expands Firefighters’ Presumptive Coverage for Cancer, Heart Attack
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
Workplace injury insurance for Nova Scotia firefighters and their families will soon cover more types of cancer and heart attacks, the province said.
Blog Post #1582 – Better Enforcement of Westray Law Needed: Feds
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (May 2017)
Report from Jeff Cottrill
The federal government has pledged to make greater efforts to enforce the Westray Law – a provision in the Criminal Code regarding criminal prosecution for negligence after workplace fatalities.