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CTV News
30-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Workplace accident leaves one dead, two injured in Sorel-Tracy
This photo of a Sûreté du Québec (SQ) vehicle was taken in Montreal on July 22, 2020. (The Canadian Press/Paul Chiasson) One person is dead, and two others are injured following a workplace accident in Sorel-Tracy on Thursday afternoon, provincial police (SQ) say. The SQ said emergency services were called around 2:30 p.m. to Marie-Victorin Road near Jean-Talon Street. Preliminary information suggests a forklift operating above ground level fell onto a metal structure, causing it to collapse. 'Unfortunately, an individual was declared dead at the scene. Two other people were transported to hospital with serious injuries, but their lives are not in danger,' an SQ spokesperson said. SQ investigators, along with Quebec's workplace safety board, the CNESST, are investigating.
CTV News
27-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Canada Post strike: Quebec rolls out cheque delivery operation in case of walkout
Canada Post and CUPW still at odds as overtime ban continues without a deal. With negotiations between Canada Post and its union members still ongoing, the Quebec government announced on Monday that it is deploying a cheque delivery operation in its Services Québec offices. The cheques, according to Noovo Info, will be issued to people receiving benefits from the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST), Crime Victims Compensation (IVAC), the Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity, including the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP), the Ministry of Immigration, Francization and Integration and the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ). The Quebec government says the cheques will be issued gradually, starting this Thursday, and will be delivered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8.30 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Revenu Québec and Retraite Québec cheques will not be distributed at Services Québec offices. If an agreement is reached between the parties, they will be delivered as per usual by Canada Post. 'All people registered for direct deposit will automatically receive the amounts to which they are entitled on the usual dates,' the government notes. 'All claimants who are not registered for direct deposit are invited to do so.' Social benefit cheques from the Government of Canada will also not be delivered to Services Québec offices. Cheques to be collected at Services Québec: Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) Reimbursement of expenses Personal injury Compensation for victims of crime Permanent partial compensation Income replacement indemnity Ministry of Employment and Social Solidarity Social assistance program (monthly) Social assistance program (adjustments and new applications) Social solidarity program (monthly) Social solidarity program (adjustments and new applications) Employment objective program (monthly) Employment objective program (adjustments and new applications) Basic income program (monthly) Basic income program (adjustments and new applications) Financial support for pregnant minors program (monthly) Financial support for pregnant minors program (adjustments and new applications) Specific assistance program for Ukrainians Specific assistance program for Ukrainians (adjustments and new applications) Special benefits for social assistance recipients Employment assistance and additional expenses allowance Allowance for participation in the employment objective program Benefit under the Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) Ministry of Immigration, Francization and Integration Financial assistance program for skills recognition - allowance Quebec program for French language learning - allowance for a full-time French course Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) Death benefit Lump-sum death benefit Personal assistance at home Income replacement benefit Compensation for after-effects Child care expenses Cheques to be delivered at home: Retraite Québec Public sector pension plans Family allowance Quebec Pension Plan Revenu Québec Alimony Housing benefit Solidarity tax credit To find out when to pick up your cheques, visit the Quebec government's page on the Canada Post strike, and to find out where to pick up your cheques, go to Negotiations ongoing Negotiations between Canada Post and its unions are expected to resume in the next few days, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) announced on Sunday, following a meeting between the two parties. The CUPW says its negotiators have 'worked hard to carefully evaluate' Canada Post's latest offer. Canada Post presented its latest offers to the union last Wednesday, which included wage increases and plans to add a fleet of part-time workers. As negotiations continue, the national overtime ban on Canada Post union members remains in effect.
CTV News
21-05-2025
- CTV News
Signaller killed on worksite in Saint-Jérôme, Que.
A traffic signaller has been killed on a worksite in Saint-Jérôme, Que., north of Montreal. Saint-Jérôme city spokesperson Eve Chalifour said that the woman was a private contractor hired by the city working on the corner of Gauthier and Pilon streets. 'We do not know the precise circumstances of the accident,' said Chalifour. 'An investigation is underway by the relevant authorities, including the Saint-Jérôme police department and the CNESST. The city is cooperating fully with these authorities to shed full light on the circumstances of the event that occurred on its territory.' The block between Danis, Gauthier, Pierre le Moyne and Pilon streets is closed, while authorities investigate the tragedy. 'The health and safety of workers is a priority for the city, and we include strict health and safety requirements in our contracts,' said Chalifour.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Yahoo
1 dead after retaining wall collapses at construction site in Blainville, Que.
One person died when the walls of a construction site in Blainville, Que., collapsed on Tuesday, sending parked cars and other material falling into a pit. Images from the scene showed that one of the walls of a construction pit, where workers had been building the foundation for a new commercial and residential development on Michèle-Bohec Boulevard, collapsed inward around 11 a.m. Multiple vehicles that had been parked near the lip of the pit fell into it as the wall collapsed. Emergency services, including firefighters and multiple ambulances, rushed to the scene. Blainville police told Radio-Canada that in addition to the death, three people had been injured. One of them was treated on site, another was transported to the hospital with a leg injury and one person who had to be rescued from the pit was also transported to the hospital to be treated for shock. It was not immediately clear if there were more injuries. Quebec's workplace safety board, the CNESST, has opened an investigation into the collapse. General contractor Syscomax was co-ordinating the work on the development, which is called Liria. According to Syscomax's website, Liria is to feature residential buildings, commercial space and a hotel. But the website also notes that the work involves "several challenges, such as excavating the 3-storey underground parking lot in complex soil conditions."
