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Toronto Star
6 hours ago
- Business
- Toronto Star
Food company pleads guilty in Edmonton smokehouse death, judge weighs penalty
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company pleaded guilty Wednesday to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown recommended Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. be ordered to pay a $330,000 penalty to fund a workplace training program. The prosecutor also asked for 25 other charges against the company to be withdrawn.
Toronto Star
7 hours ago
- Toronto Star
Food company pleads guilty in Edmonton smokehouse death, Crown asks for fine
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown has recommended Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. be ordered to pay a $330,000 penalty and for 25 other charges against it to be withdrawn.
Toronto Star
8 hours ago
- Toronto Star
Food company pleads guilty in Edmonton smokehouse death, Crowns asks for fine
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown has recommended Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. be ordered to pay a $330,000 penalty and for 25 other charges against it to be withdrawn.
Winnipeg Free Press
11 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Food processing company pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in smokehouse death
EDMONTON – A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown has asked for 25 other charges to be withdrawn against Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. A judge has yet to rule on a sentence. The company was charged after 33-year-old Samir Subedi died in March 2023. Subedi had gone to check the temperature of the smokehouse and was trapped inside. He was found by a co-worker and later died due to heat exposure. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 18, 2025.
Toronto Star
11 hours ago
- Business
- Toronto Star
Food processing company pleads guilty to workplace safety charge in smokehouse death
EDMONTON - A commercial food processing company has pleaded guilty to a workplace safety charge after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. The Crown has asked for 25 other charges to be withdrawn against Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc.
