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Mar 01, 2018

Celebrating the women of workplace safety

Helping make northern Ontario communities safer

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Tags: General All Workplaces Mining Forest products First Nations Forestry

Oct 17, 2017

Northern Ontario forest agency adopts BC-legislated road sign program

New standard includes radio channel protocol

Whether you’re a mine, forestry, railway, or telecommunications worker, a snowmobiler, or ATV operator, you...

Tags: MVIs Forest products Mining Forestry First Nations All Workplaces Industrial

Apr 04, 2017

Aboriginal community partners help northern Ontario sawmill hire and train locally

Training centres and WSN help Kenora Forest Products create a majority Aboriginal workforce

by Penny Ratushniak,...

Tags: Forest products First Nations