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Health & Safety

More regulations, more dollars for TCI (09/05)

Some new environmental legislation will be a boon to Trans-Cycle Industries (TCI) in Kirkland Lake.

Youth job safety: an employer's role (07/03)

By IAN ROSS Thousands of teenagers show up for work each day. Hundreds are hurt each year. Some die. But employers and parents can help them reach adulthood alive and well.

PhD gives LU more clout (06/04)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Scientists predict this century will be remembered for its developments in medicine, and Laurentian University has taken steps to be part of the growing movement in research by introducing a PhD program in biomolecular sciences.

Make health and safety a workplace affair (12/03)

Safety is not just a watchword at Sault Ste. Marie Public Utilities Commission Services Inc.; it is engrained within the corporate culture. The utility was honoured this fall by the Sault Ste.

Stress leaves duty to accomodate (12/03)

By Victoria Chiappetta The Ontario Human Rights Code prescribes that every person has a right to be free from discrimination because of a disability or a perceived disability in the area of employment.

Laws stress issue of due diligence (05/04)

One could have heard a pin drop when over 100 contractors and supervisors sat absorbed in a mock trial detailing the ramifications of a construction job gone sour.

Responding to a workplace injury (9/03)

By Victoria Chiappetta Have you ever wondered how an employer should respond to a critical injury or fatality in the workplace? name="valign" top > VICTORIA CHIAPPETTA The Ontario Occupational Health & Safety Act requires the employer to immed

World-class network set to power up the North (2/03)

By KELLY LOUISEIZE Optical Regional Advanced Network of Ontario is trumpeting the success of a $25-million contract with Bell Canada in building one of the largest and most powerful research, health and education optical networks in the world, right

Youth job safety: an employer's role (7/03)

By IAN ROSS Thousands of teenagers show up for work each day. Hundreds are hurt each year. Some die. But employers and parents can help them reach adulthood alive and well.

Workplace not immune to air quality concerns, experts say (12/02)

By GIANNI UBRIACO The Older Adult Centre in Greater Sudbury recently played host to an indoor air quality seminar hosted by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) and The Ontario Lung Association.