New business owners often treat safety as an afterthought, study finds

New research from the Institute for Work & Health reveals how safety habits take shape in small businesses

Irving Consumer Products fined $100,000 after pulp bales critically injure worker

Worker was operating a wire-cutting machine at the facility

Worker falls nine metres down manhole at Calgary feeder main site

Worker sustained 'non-life-threatening injuries'

Guillevin International Co faces eight OHS charges in fatal Edmonton pressure-test incident

Worker had filled a large cylinder with nitrogen at high pressure to check it for leaks when the cylinder's end cap failed

72-year-old worker injured in wolf attack while delivering supplies

‘She tried seven times before she finally bit me on the eighth time’

Workplace safety investigations face new legal exposure, experts warn

New fines, AMPs and privilege rules are raising the due diligence bar for every Canadian workplace investigation

Quebec City hospital unions say security cut exposes psychiatric ER workers to violence

‘This incident triggered alarm bells that cannot be ignored’

Canadian Safety Summit 2026 finds one fracture line everywhere

From harmonized standards to AI governance, speakers kept circling back to one problem: inconsistency across Canada’s safety system

Finning ordered to pay $155,000 after another company's driver struck by loader

Employer failed to constantly survey the area around the machine while it was in operation

OPINION

Real-time exposure tracking in the US

NERIS transforms occupational safety for first responders

The roots of psychosocial hazards

Symptoms of systemic failure, not individual flaws

"Can you demonstrate that you understand and are effectively managing your significant risks?"

In a connected workplace, a cyber event can turn a digital threat into a safety risk

Incident investigation

To blame or not blame – that is the question

PROFILES

Blackline Safety names Jon Baldwin chief executive officer

Calgary-based connected safety technology company names Jon Baldwin CEO as Cody Slater moves into board chair and chief architect roles

Safety executive says bias against women hasn't changed much in 30 years

Keynote speaker recalls the bias she faced in high-hazard industries ahead of her Women in Safety Summit speech

PRODUCTS

NoIR Insight outlines seven-step framework for industrial laser eye safety

Company urging employers operating Class 3B and Class 4 lasers to strengthen eye protection

OSCO Safety launches rolling ladders built for tight storage spaces

Steel and aluminum ladders feature heavy-duty locking casters for stability