Transport Canada says Eastway Tank has not applied to operate at a different location since an explosion last year at the company's Merivale Road site left six employees dead.
Ottawa's main labour body says it's paying 'very close attention' to whether local police file their own charges against Eastway Tank, after the Ministry of Labour laid workplace safety charges against the company in connection with a fatal January 2022 explosion.
Family members of Eastway Tank workers who died in an explosion at the Ottawa tanker manufacturer's site last year are reacting to the news that the company now faces charges under the province's workplace safety laws.
Almost exactly a year after an explosion at Eastway Tank that killed six people the deadliest incident at an Ottawa workplace in decades the company and its president/owner are now each facing three charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
On the longest night of the year (known as the winter solstice), hundreds of communities in the United States honor people who died while affected by homelessness over the past year.