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Mental Health Week 2025: Looking beyond the surface

Mental Health Week 2025: Looking beyond the surface
TORONTO — The Canadian Mental Health Association says living with a mental health or substance use challenge is already hard but masking it can be even harder. It’s no secret in the construction industry masking is commonplace, with many too afraid to sp...
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Safety Week 2025: Plan. Own. Commit.
See something, say something. Don’t walk by. No matter how it’s said, when it c...
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Brampton Brick manufacturer faces another fine for workplace injury
BRAMPTON, ONT. — Just days after an Ontario government court bulletin was releas...
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Day of Mourning: Find an event close to you
OTTAWA — It began in 1984 when the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) established Ap...
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Mental Health Week 2025: Looking beyond the surface
TORONTO — The Canadian Mental Health Association says living with a mental healt...
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Safety Week 2025: Plan. Own. Commit.
See something, say something. Don’t walk by. No matter how it’s said, when it c...
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Brampton Brick manufacturer faces another fine for workplace injury
BRAMPTON, ONT. — Just days after an Ontario government court bulletin was releas...
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Day of Mourning: Find an event close to you
OTTAWA — It began in 1984 when the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) established Ap...
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Brampton-based brick manufacturer fined $225,000 after worker fatality
BRAMPTON, ONT. — A manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete blocks, Brampton Bri...
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Ottawa company fined $80,000 after worker injured moving fly form
OTTAWA — Ottawa-based concrete contractor Bellai Brothers Construction Ltd. is f...
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Injury results in $65,000 Fine for Hawksville equipment manufacturer
HAWKSVILLE, ONT. — Hawksville, Ont.-based AMI Attachments Inc., a heavy construc...
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Brantford contractor fined $110,000 after worker fatality
BRANTFORD, ONT. — Frontline Cable and Gas Services Inc., an excavating contracto...
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The first lawsuit is filed over the deadly nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic
SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — The first known lawsuit has been filed again...
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GoFundMe campaign set up for worker injured at Darlington New Nuclear Project
BOWMANVILLE, ONT. — A GoFundMe campaign has been set up for a worker who was inj...
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CCOHS urges industry to commemorate National Day of Mourning and commit to safety
HAMILTON, ONT. — In 2023, the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Can...
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Worker injury leads to $100,000 fine for Ottawa flooring company
OTTAWA — Ottawa-based Southgate Carpets Incorporated, a flooring company that al...
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Constructor fined $85,000 after worker fatally injured while cutting down tree
CHATHAM, ONT. — A Chatham, Ont. company that specializes in concrete foundations...
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BREAKING: Worker injured after incident at Darlington new nuclear project jobsite
CLARINGTON, ONT. — A worker was taken to hospital after being injured at the Dar...
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Traffic control worker killed by heavy-duty truck near Drummonville, Que.
DRUMMONDVILLE, QUE. — A traffic control worker has been killed on the job after...
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Canadian GC safety council to ‘set new benchmarks for the industry’
Canada’s leading general contractors have joined forces in an effort to reduce s...
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Bangkok reviewing construction safety rules after highrise building’s collapse during earthquake
BANGKOK — Thai authorities said Monday they are investigating why a single offic...
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UPDATE: Worker dead after hydro incident in downtown Toronto
TORONTO — A man in his 30s has been pronounced dead following an industrial inci...
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HCRA blocks illegal builder under new name
TORONTO – The Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) has taken action to...
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Prominent GCs unite to form Canadian Construction Safety Council
TORONTO – Several major general contractors have joined forces to form the Canad...
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Nominations open for 16th annual ESA Ontario Electrical Safety Awards
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — The nomination period for the 2025 Ontario Electrical Safety...
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HCRA finds builder guilty of operating without a licence, false advertising
TORONTO – Following an investigation by the Home Construction Regulatory Authori...
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Project supervisor fined $10,000 after worker injured in fall
TORONTO — A project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc. has been fi...
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CCOHS unveils free mental health toolkit
HAMILTON, ONT. — The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)...
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Foreman fined $20,000 after worker killed by rock truck
CALEDON, ONT. — A foreman employed by Road-Ex Contracting Ltd. has been fined $2...
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Inquest date announced into death of construction worker Christopher Panepinto
PICKERING, ONT. — A date has been scheduled for the inquest into the death of Ch...
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Company fined $250,000 after two workers injured, two killed in Ajax sewer incident
MAPLE, ONT. — Sewer and watermain construction company Direct Underground Inc. o...
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Concord company faces $130,000 fine after worker fatality
CONCORD, ONT. — Fourwinds Construction Inc. of Concord, Ont. has been convicted...
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Bell Let’s Talk: Construction’s next generation needs mental health support now
Bell Let’s Talk Day has become the world’s largest conversation about mental hea...
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Companies fined $230,000 after Hamilton workplace fatality
HAMILTON, ONT. — New Horizon Development Group (Waterdown) Inc. and TKEM Electri...
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St. Jacobs construction company fined $70,000 after worker struck by vehicle
ST. JACOBS, ONT. — Civil infrastructure and material supply company Steed and Ev...
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Power company, supervisor fined $262,000 after worker critically injured
WINGHAM, ONT. — Hydro One Networks Inc. and Gregory Diebold, a supervisor, have...
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Safety Week 2025: Plan. Own. Commit.
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National construction stakeholders say they believe the election of a new Libera...
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Prime Minister Carney to meet with President Trump on Tuesday
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