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Company building Edmonton's Valley Line West LRT fined for serious workplace injury
The company constructing Edmonton's Valley Line West LRT line has been fined $120,000 after a worker was seriously injured on the job three years ago.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/workplace-charges-lrt-construction-9.7216777?cmp=rss

lemon May 19

Quebec #miningcompany #fined $100 million for #polluting fish-bearing waters

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Quebec mining company fined $100 million for polluting fish-bearing waters

A Quebec mining company was handed a $100-million fine for releasing harmful substances into fish-bearing waters between 2014 and 2022 at the Mont-Wright and Fire Lake mining complexes in the Côte-Nord region. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada says the sanction on ArcelorMittal Mining Canada is the harshest ever imposed under the Fisheries Act.

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CBC Prince Edward Island May 16

P.E.I. business fined $75K after accident that led to employee to losing both his legs
A Charlottetown company has been ordered to pay $75,000 after a workplace accident in July 2025 that resulted in an employee losing both of his legs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-court-workplace-accident-label-recycling-9.7201708?cmp=rss

Global News Toronto May 15

Golden Knights docked 2nd-round pick, coach fined $100K for breaking media rules
The punishments for the 'flagrant violations' of the NHL's media access rules came after previous warnings were issued to the Vegas Golden Knights, the league said on Friday.
#Sports #JohnTortorella #NHL #VegasGoldenKnights
https://globalnews.ca/news/11852393/golden-knights-john-tortorella-media-rules-penalty/

CBC Sports May 15

Golden Knights lose 2nd-round pick, John Tortorella fined $100K US for breaking media rules
The NHL docked the Vegas Golden Knights a second-round pick in this year's draft and fined head coach John Tortorella $100,000 US on Friday for violating media access rules after their series-clinching Game 6 victory at Anaheim on Thursday night.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/golden-knights-lose-pick-tortorella-fine-nhl-9.7201770?cmp=rss

Global News BC May 11

Metro Vancouver fined by WorkSafeBC after near-fatal worksite accident
While using pry bars to help a crane lift a gearbox, the gearbox released and sprang upward, which could have been fatal, according to WorkSafeBC.
#Economy #MetroVancouver #MetroVancouverNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/11841352/metro-vancouver-fined-worksafebc-near-fatal-worksite-accident/

CBC Top Stories Apr 28

Controversial academic arrested and fined for trespassing at University of Lethbridge
Frances Widdowson, an academic known for her controversial views on Canada's residential school system, was arrested for trespassing at the University of Lethbridge over the weekend.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/frances-widdowson-university-of-lethbridge-9.7180156?cmp=rss

CBC Canada Apr 28

getmisch Apr 21

Besides these costly errors, there are thousands around the globe filing fake #cases with courts - one guy in the USA was #fined $110K, no warning, the court just said You knew better.
1) You're the one with the license. 2) Your job is literally to read the cases you are citing to this court. 3) Courts don't care the product is shit, they don't want you handing shit to them.
Image: some #GenAI company on Blueski.
#hallucinations #court #citations #state #bar #associations #censure #fine

CBC Kamloops Apr 21

B.C. cattle farm owner fined nearly $30K after obstructing provincial inspectors
A cattle farm owner in the B.C. Interior has pleaded guilty to obstructing two provincial inspectors that were conducting irrigation checks during severe drought in the summer of 2023.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-cattle-farm-owner-obstructing-natural-resource-officers-9.7171262?cmp=rss