If you think most power line contact injuries happen to electrical workers, you would be mistaken. WorkSafeBC and BC Hydro ...

On Thursday a CBC Investigation found $3.2 million in saving generated by getting injured workers back to work is being distributed to the agency’s unionized employees, meaning each will be receiving ...

Ian Tostenson, CEO of the British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association, says WorksafeBC is acting like a bullyChung Chow, BIV The British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association ...

RICHMOND, BC, May 1, 2026 /CNW/ - In 2023, the Government of B.C. established the Fair Practices Commissioner (FPC) through legislation to enhance the office's independence from WorkSafeBC and ensure ...

WorkSafeBC says it has handed out its highest administrative penalty ever, issuing a fine of $710,488.79 for asbestos violations at a work site in Kimberley, B.C. The agency says it inspected a ...

The single largest penalty ever has been handed to a Toronto-based company that had been hired to provide demolition services, WorkSafeBC officials announced Friday. GFL Environmental Inc. must pay a ...

WorkSafeBC aims to raise awareness about the risk of hearing loss in the service industry with the release of a new safety bulletin and other resources for workers and employers. May 22, 2019 ...

VICTORIA — The government agency in charge of setting and enforcing the rules for reopening businesses closed by the pandemic can’t afford to help businesses buy protective equipment because it has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Providing rebates using WorkSafeBC’s $2 billion surplus could provide a significant financial boost to B.C.'s small businesses, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction workers gather outside the Oakridge Mall site after a fatal incident involving a crane dropping its load onto a woman ...

Nearly every week, I see newspapers and magazines that seemed fine suddenly going out of business. Or a private equity fund buying up a chain of newspapers that had been serving communities for ...

A B.C. business group is calling for WorkSafeBC’s huge surplus to be refunded to the businesses who have paid into it. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business says WorkSafeBC is sitting on a ...