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News Items tag as: WorkSafe B.C
Princeton firewood firm fined $26K over safety issues
November 08, 2022 - 4:05 PM
A Princeton firewood company has been fined $27,000 after WorkSafeBC found an employee working too close to a spinning blade.
South Okanagan fruit packer fined $19,000 for broken seatbelt on tractor
October 19, 2022 - 7:00 AM
An Okanagan fruit packer has been fined $19,000 after one of its tractors was found driving on the shoulder of a highway with a broken seatbelt.
WorkSafeBC fines clean-up company $700K after Kimberley building fire
September 14, 2022 - 10:56 AM
A company hired to clean up after a fire at a building in Kimberley has been fined more than $700,000 after a worker was found not to be wearing protective clothing.
Penticton’s Rona fined more than $330,000 by WorkSafe B.C.
June 07, 2022 - 2:52 PM
The Rona Home Centre in Penticton has to pay more than $330,000 in administrative penalties issued by WorkSafe B.C. for failing to repair or replace dangerous storage racks.
B.C. Hydro fighting $678,000 fine after worker seriously injured near Revelstoke
May 11, 2022 - 11:36 AM
WorkSafe B.C. has issued a $678,889 fine to B.C. Hydro following an incident near Revelstoke.
Few B.C. workers get compensation for catching COVID-19 on the job
March 18, 2021 - 6:00 PM
With 30 to 40 per cent of new COVID-19 cases being transmitted in workplaces in January, one might think that WorkSafeBC would be flooded with claims for compensation.
Interior Health gets stiff fine, closes Princeton facility
July 13, 2018 - 4:30 PM
PRINCETON - The Interior Health Authority has been fined more than $600,000 by WorkSafe B.C. following an assault at a Princeton mental health drop-in centre.
The reasons for the huge WorkSafe B.C. fine against Vernon School District
April 19, 2017 - 10:38 AM
VERNON - WorkSafe B.C. is defending its decision to impose a hefty penalty against the Vernon School District.
Investigation continues into death of worker at Lumby business
January 31, 2017 - 6:30 PM
LUMBY - Authorities continue to investigate how and why a man was killed while working at an industrial business in Lumby.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same
Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i
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Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that
April 23, 2024 10:00 PM
‘Trying not to die’: Canadian tourism operators face heavy debt, even as business roars back
Maureen Gordon has weathered hard times before. She and her husband began running ecotourism outfit Maple Leaf
April 23, 2024 9:00 PM
Two charged in alleged Kamloops assault and unlawful confinement
One of two people arrested in what police said was a "report involving weapons" has been released on bail.
April 23, 2024 7:00 PM
Lawyers in Facebook class action get millions, users get dozens
Meta, the company behind Facebook, announced in February it would settle a class action lawsuit for $51 million but
April 23, 2024 6:00 PM
B.C. places online harms bill on hold after agreement with Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat
VICTORIA - British Columbia has placed its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement wit
April 23, 2024 4:30 PM
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