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Can Burns Lake recover from deadly sawmill explosion?
Prince George :: Canada | 6 months ago
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Story Twenty-seven-year-old Vinh Nguyen pauses for a moment as he speaks to The Canadian Press in Burns Lake, B.C...Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press video In October, after months of surgery and rehabilitation in Vancouver, Mr. Michell returned to
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Five workers in hospital after scaffold collapses in Vancouver
Vancouver :: Canada | 7 months ago
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Five workers injured when a scaffold collapsed Thursday during the installation of a massive staircase in a Shaughnessy home are still being treated in hospital. The workers employees of Surrey-based South Fraser Stairs fell from their scaffold at
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Garage door that nearly crushed worker to death at Vancouver works yard not properly maintained: WorkSafe B.C.
Vancouver :: Canada | 7 months ago
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WorkSafe B.C. says the City of Vancouver failed to properly maintain a heavy garage door that suddenly crashed down on two men, badly crushing a veteran yard worker who was lucky to survive critical injuries after undergoing back and heart surgeries.
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B.C. port authority approves terminal for wood pellet exports
London :: United Kingdom | 9 months ago
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Biox takes animal fat and cooking oil and recycles it into biofuel Brent Lewin watch watch Construction on the project, reviewed under the Canada Port Authority Environmental Assessment Regulations, could begin later this year. As of 2012, Canada has
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Kamloops arena poisoning investigation shifts to Zamboni
Kamloops :: Canada | 1 year ago
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It may not have been a faulty boiler after all that sent 50 people to hospital with carbon monoxide poisoning over the weekend. An investigation into what caused the mass poisoning at the Ice Box Arena on Saturday could be concluded as early as today
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Vancouver Island recycling plant workers in counselling after man's death
Portland :: OR :: USA | 1 year ago
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Employees with Steel Pacific recycling plant are talking to grief counsellors this morning, as they grapple with the death of one of their colleagues. Operations at the plant have been suspended since Saturday afternoon when a 35-year-old man died in
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Two workers dead, 22 injured after explosion destroys Prince George sawmill
Prince George :: Canada | 1 year ago
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Two dozen workers were on shift in the sawmill section of Prince George's Lakeland Mills Monday night when a loud 'boom' shook the building and fire erupted around them. The workers fought their way through the smoke and flames, desperate to get out
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Safety not adequate at Gordon Campbell's home where roofer died: report
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 year ago
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A roofing worker died after falling through a skylight at the vacation home of former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell...WorkSafe says Mr. Campbell was considered the Prime Contractor on the job site, but didn't meet the responsibilities for co-
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Former 90210 actress given green light to sue B.C. film company
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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Six years after she was injured in a choking scene at knifepoint on a film set in Langley, B.C., a Hollywood actor has finally won her day in court in Vancouver. Los Angeles actor Gabrielle Carteris, known for playing Andrea Zuckerman on the 1990s TV
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Winnipeg man grieves loss of daughter killed in B.C. search-and-rescue effort
Winnipeg :: Canada | almost 2 years ago
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Wynn Sweatman is struggling with the tragic irony surrounding the death of his daughter a search-and-rescue technician in southern British Columbia. Sweatman and his Winnipeg family are grieving the loss of Sheilah Sweatman, 29, who drowned Wednesday
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