Health & Safety
A flurry of red-tagged emergency generators
When last winter’s ice storm walloped Toronto days before Christmas and knocked out power in parts of the city for upwards of a week, it
Rooming house fire highlights safety concerns
The recent rooming house fire in Toronto's Kensington Market highlights the importance of fire safety and bringing illegal rooming houses up to code.
Toronto priority neighbourhoods may increase
The number of Toronto priority neighbourhoods may rise to 31 from 22, due to changes in the criteria that the city uses to determine at-risk areas.
The importance of proper fire safety planning
The tragedy in L'Isle Verte, Que. calls attention to the importance of proper fire safety planning and installing prevention systems for all residences.
Balancing condo safety with privacy rights
Condominiums must walk a fine line to balance community safety with occupants' privacy rights.
Asbestos surveys widely mandated in Quebec
Quebec is one of the last Canadian jurisdictions to specifically mandate asbestos monitoring and ...
Ventilation for acceptable air quality
The most recent edition of ASHRAE standard 62.1 specifies 17 cubic feet per minute of fresh air per occupant as the minimum acceptable ventilation level ...
‘Nutrition labelling’ for building products
The Health Product Declaration (HPD) open standard was developed to provide support for evaluating products ...
Reducing the risk of Legionella
Any water source in a building that can be aerosolized may be a Legionella risk, particularly where the water is dirty, remains still or is not exposed to a ...
Changes coming from WHMIS
Retraining in WHMIS will likely be required upon the introduction of the globally harmonized system for classifying and labelling chemicals.
Legislation gets to the heart of health and safety
Manitoba is the first Canadian province to mandate automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in specific facilities.