Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Spring 2022)
Specially trained and better equipped security staff now working at Manitoba’s largest hospital – The Sciences Centre – in a bid to reduce violence against health-care workers. More institutional safety officers, armed with pepper gel and greater powers than regular security guards, are to be posted later in other health-care settings.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Three Manitoba liquor store workers were assaulted and one was taken to hospital and what the province’s Crown Corporation calls an unprovoked attack.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Manitoba is reviewing security programs, services and systems of key health care facilities in the province to ensure that they are safe for patients, visitors and staff. This was announced by Cameron Friesen, the Health, Safety, Seniors and Active Living Minister on March 11, 2019.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Manitoba drivers will have their short-term roadside licence suspended for using a cellphone or other hand-operated electronic devices while behind the wheel as changes to the Highway Traffic Act and the Drivers and Vehicles Act take effect on November 1, 2018.