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CBC
28-04-2025
- CBC
GEBIS and 1 Buddhist monk told to pay $110,000 after fatal workplace accident
Social Sharing The Great Enlightenment Buddhist Institute Society (GEBIS) and one of its monks have been ordered to pay a total of $110,000 in fines following an occupational health and safety investigation into the death of a man on the group's Heatherdale campus last summer. GEBIS pleaded guilty to three Occupational Health and Safety charges on Thursday in Georgetown, while the monk pleaded guilty to one. According to an agreed statement of facts filed in court, crews were working in the woods at the Three Rivers site in August 2024, clearing debris and toppled trees from post-tropical storm Fiona. Chainsaws were being used. Some of the operators had been trained by fellow members of the organization on how to use the machines; only a handful of people had what the court documents called "external training." The monk later charged under provincial legislation did not have the formal chainsaw training. "While [the monk] was cutting a tree, he was facing away from the crew. The tree fell onto four of his crew members," the facts document read. Two people were seriously injured and others at the scene immediately called 911. Firefighters and paramedics arrived to assess and treat the injured people. One man was taken to the hospital after suffering multiple cardiac arrests in the ambulance on the scene of the incident. He died the next day. Not in compliance Documents filed in court refer to the monks' place of residence and worship as a "workplace" and the monk who cut down the tree as "an employee." The courtroom heard that before the accident, GEBIS had failed to adhere to elements of the legislation and regulations that oversee workplace safety in the province. Among them: The organization did not have a procedure for reporting serious workplace injuries, a written emergency preparedness plan, or a formal occupational health and safety committee. Also, no one on the site was trained in first aid. There happened to be a retired physician and a retired physician's assistant within the group, however. Work stopped as safety reviewed After the incident, GEBIS stopped all work in the forest, along with any other hazardous activities on the site, until a safety review could be conducted. The organization has since formed an approved OHS committee that holds regular meetings and has developed guidelines that better align with P.E.I.'s standards. The investigation also looked at the monk's actions and concluded he was not in compliance with regulations, including failing to "maintain a safe distance of not less than twice the height of the tree being felled between himself and the nearest worker." For that he'll have to pay a $2,000 fine and another $8,000 to the Workers' Compensation Board for public education. Meanwhile the organization will pay $15,000 in fines for its three OHS charges and $85,000 to the board.
CBC
24-04-2025
- Business
- CBC
N.B., N.L. sign agreement to improve trade and labour mobility
Social Sharing New Brunswick has signed a memorandum of understanding with Newfoundland and Labrador to reduce interprovincial trade barriers and improve labour mobility. Premier Susan Holt announced the agreement with the province's fourth-largest trading partner during a media briefing from St. John's on Thursday. "We're working to ensure that all products, services and credentials that are approved by Newfoundland and Labrador are automatically recognized by New Brunswick and vice versa," she said. "Newfoundlanders and New Brunswickers have long been good friends, and now we will be great trading partners." The agreement, aimed at combating tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, commits both parties to improve the flow of workers, goods and services between provinces, and "increase investments that will contribute to sustained economic activity." Some exceptions There will be some exceptions, Holt acknowledged. She does not expect to see more Newfoundland seafood processed in New Brunswick, for example. "What we're doing is recognizing that we don't want to let perfect be the enemy of progress," she said. "Newfoundland has their interests in minimum [seafood] processing requirements, but New Brunswick is not going to let that stop us from knocking down the other barriers that we can so that we can continue to do more business and do business more easily with Newfoundland." WATCH | Agreement to target packaging for goods and services, credentials and inspections: Holt says trade agreement with N.L. will save business owners money 1 hour ago Duration 1:41 "They have some interests that are near and dear to their hearts the same way that New Brunswick does," she said. As an example, she cited forestry and how wood on Crown lands gets processed and treated. "But that doesn't stop us from finding where we can agree and getting things done to move forward. She said she is happy both she and Andrew Furey, the outgoing Newfoundland and Labrador premier are "flexible, impatient people who want to make progress, and I think we've found a way to do that." Optimistic about other MOUs New Brunswick signed a similar agreement with Ontario last week. Holt said she believes the latest deal will serve as a good model for the ongoing free trade and labour mobility discussions with P.E.I. and Nova Scotia. "The conversation with Quebec is a little different and arguably more important as our largest trading partner … but the playing field is not level." Still, Holt's "very optimistic" about reaching agreements with other provinces "to remove as many barriers as possible as quickly as possible." Called for 'one Atlantic market' The Newfoundland agreement comes after Holt called on the other three East Coast premiers last month to join her in making Atlantic Canada a "free trade area" with a single market operating with one set of rules governing trade and labour mobility. In a letter, she proposed establishing mutual recognition of regulations that affect the movement of goods, services and people within the region, as well as addressing the remaining barriers and irritants that limit trade within the Atlantic region. The goal would be to allow businesses, investors and workers to move freely within the four provinces.
CBC
13-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Norway blanks Hungary for 1st win at women's hockey worlds after 27-year absence
Social Sharing Norway beat Hungary 3-0 in a game of the two newly promoted teams at the women's hockey world championship on Sunday in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic. Andrine Furulund and Emma Bergesen scored a goal apiece in the middle period and Millie Rose Sirium added the third into an empty net in the third to lead Norway to its first victory at the tournament after a 27-year absence from the top division. Norway goalie Ena Nystrom stopped 45 shots. Hungary remains pointless and goalless after losses to Sweden and Japan by the same 2-0 score in its previous games in Group B. Later Sunday, Sweden faces Japan the Canadians and Americans renew their rivalry at 1 p.m. ET. WATCH | Canada shuts out Switzerland on Friday in Czech Republic: Canada silences Switzerland at world championships with 2nd period blitz 2 days ago Duration 2:05 Canada-U.S. rivalry always intense Canada has learned to expect the unexpected when facing their archrivals. It can be a 1-0 game as it was in the preliminary round last year or it can be a bucking bronco of a 6-5 overtime decision in the final that Canada won in Utica, N.Y. Unlikely hero Danielle Serdachny's overtime goal gave the Canadians a dramatic 6-5 win in Utica, avenging the Americans' victory in 2023 in Brampton, Ont. Since the United States' run of five straight world titles from 2013 to 2019 (the worlds are not held in Olympic years), Canada has captured three of the last four while also reclaiming the Olympic gold medal in 2022. The Canadians have also won four consecutive Rivalry Series, taking the deciding Game 5 two months ago in Summerside, P.E.I. Two of five games went to a shootout. "When I look at sort of the last, probably 10 or 12 games that we played against them, they all look different in some capacity," Canada head coach Terry Ryan said. "Either we've got to dictate the game or we've got to roll with it a little bit to try to stop it from rolling over us. "It's weird. It's hard to figure it out to be honest. We've won with physicality, we've won with offence and we've won with defence. God knows what this one will end up like. We'll see." HOCKEY NORTH | Natalie Spooner previews Team Canada at the women's worlds: Women's hockey worlds preview with Natalie Spooner 5 days ago Duration 7:25 The 34-year-old forward discusses the new faces on Team Canada and favourite world championship memories in her career.
CBC
10-04-2025
- Politics
- CBC
People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier visits Windsor
Social Sharing Maxime Bernier, leader of the People's Party of Canada, is making a stop in Windsor Wednesday night. Bernier is expected to join local PPC candidates at the Windsor Club for an event beginning at 6 p.m. The club is located in the Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore riding, where Nick Babic is the party's candidate. Jacob Bezaire is the PPC candidate in nearby Windsor West, while Jason Henry is running in Essex. Bernier's party is currently polling behind the Greens and the Bloc Québécois at 1.7 per cent, according to CBC's Poll Tracker. The party, which Bernier founded in 2018 after leaving the Conservatives, made vote gains in the last federal election, earning roughly 5 per cent of the vote share — but it has so far failed to win a seat in Parliament. Bernier has campaigned on stopping "mass immigration," ending gender-affirming care for transgender people, and slashing government programs and agencies among other things.
CBC
09-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Duchess of Edinburgh named royal patron for Calgary show horse venue
Social Sharing One of Canada's most celebrated show jumping venues now has the royal seal of approval. Spruce Meadows, just south of Calgary, announced Wednesday that Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, is now its royal patron. An application was filed asking for patronage based on the merits of the venue. "It's not like you go online and apply," Spruce Meadows president and chief executive Linda Southern-Heathcott said with a laugh. "We wrote a very lovely letter and the team put together the application. It just talked about our merits, what we've been doing in the community." The Spruce Meadows Leg Up Foundation supports education, health and wellness, agriculture, community, and amateur and grassroots sports. The venue was named the top show jumping facility in the world in 2001 and 2003. It has become a fixture for the world's best riders and horses, including several Olympic champions. It hosts eight major outdoor and six indoor tournaments over a year and is marking its 50th anniversary. The Duchess and her husband, Prince Edward, visited Spruce Meadows in 2006. "We have issued an invitation for her to join us later in the year," Southern-Heathcott added. Spruce Meadows has a long history with the Royal Family, said Southern-Heathcott. Southern-Heathcott's mother, Margaret, was Queen Elizabeth's lady-in-waiting during her visit to Canada in 1990, travelling with her for two weeks. That was when Spruce Meadows held its first Queen Elizabeth the Second Cup, she said. "That was just a relationship, but this is an actual formal patronage for Spruce Meadows and the foundation." Southern-Heathcott said in the early days of Spruce Meadows, the United Kingdom also sent strong teams to compete at the event. "(The patronage) is a bit of a prestige thing. It is an endorsement for what we're doing," said Southern-Heathcott.
