After a few special meetings and a presentation by guest speaker Frank Schroder of the Calgary Fire Department, the conference opened on Friday evening. The conference goes hand in hand with a trade show, where fire chiefs can find anything that might be needed in their jobs. Typically what we have in the real environment and that we brought in a virtual setting for this year is what s called the trade show. So in a normal setting, we re going out to a very large area, and looking at fire trucks, internal gear, and other safety equipment, everything that pertains to the fire service. With this year s venue we had tiles from these vendors so that people could just click on it if they had questions and there was a little question and answer session for specific vendors, Feser explained.
A family s heartache and the frustrating push to talk more about workplace deaths
Ryan Durling’s death was one of 44 acute workplace fatalities in Nova Scotia in five years. During the same time frame, 45 people died in the rest of Atlantic Canada due to injuries suffered while they were working.
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EDMONTON Alberta unions are calling on the province to recognize the danger of COVID-19 in workplaces. According to the Workers Compensation Board, nearly 8,900 Albertans have made COVID-19-related claims between January 2020 and March 2021. On Wednesday, coinciding with the National Day of Mourning in remembrance of workers who have died as a result of on-the-job illness or injury, the Alberta Federation of Labour called on the United Conservative government to prioritize vaccines for essential employees, set up vaccination clinics in workplaces, and bring in paid sick leave. By AFL s estimate, about two-third of working Albertans don t have access to the latter.