New rules protecting workers from asbestos exposure — the leading cause of workplace-related deaths — come into effect for B.C. on New Year's Day. The WorkSafeBC rules, which are the first of their ...

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 Georgia Straight received the following bulletin from WorkSafeBC on September 16. It is reprinted below in its entirety. Asbestos is the number one cause of occupational disease in B.C. WorkSafeBC ...

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 ...

An Esquimalt-based company was hit with a more than $61,000 fine and a stop-work order by WorkSafeBC last fall after a “high-risk and repeated violation” involving asbestos during demolition of a ...

Regulatory changes are coming to asbestos work in British Columbia. As of Jan. 1, 2024, companies that perform asbestos abatement work in B.C. must have a WorkSafeBC licence in order to operate in the ...

A Richmond firm has been fined for high-risk violations involving asbestos.Simon McGill / Getty Images A Richmond firm that recycles construction debris has been fined more than $14,000 by WorkSafeBC ...

A B.C. man operating a drywall recycling company has been fined $20,000 and banned from working with materials containing asbestos after knowingly exposing workers to the cancer-causing substance.

Canstar Restorations has been handed a hefty fine for unsafe asbestos removal at an unnamed school in Langley, B.C. A fire and flood restoration company has been fined more than $157,000 for several ...

WorkSafeBC has fined GFL Environmental more than $710,000 for asbestos violations at a work site in Kimberly, B.C. (GFL - image credit) WorkSafeBC says it has handed out its highest administrative ...

New B.C. safety regulations for asbestos abatement on buildings come into effect Jan. 1 New rules protecting workers from asbestos exposure — the leading cause of workplace-related deaths — come into ...