The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development is confirming that a worker has died after falling from a construction site in Ottawa.
Ottawa paramedics were called to 275 Carling Ave. at 1:45 p.m. Monday on reports of a workplace injury. A worker was found on the ground near scaffolding, paramedic spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps said. The worker was pronounced dead at the scene.Staff at the site say the worker was welder in a hoist who fell from the fourth floor.
One person was killed and five others wounded following a dispute between two groups of teenagers at a New York City subway station Monday at the start of the evening rush hour, authorities said.Canada's auditor general has found that those involved in the contracting, development and implementation of the controversial ArriveCan application showed a 'glaring disregard' for basic management practices. The report pegs the cost of the app at $59.5 million.
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