I have been riding my motorcycle since May this year. I was out as soon as the ice had gone away. Made for some cold rides, but I absolutely love …
The Risks of a Sedentary Job
As many of us return to the office, a topic of concern piqued my interest. How is our health impacted by working a sedentary job? As someone who tries to live …
Motorcycle Safety 101
While I bid a fond farewell to the Northwest Territories in the next week or so, my wife tells me she has seen her first motorcycles on the road already …
Indoor Wood-Burning Safety
A wood-burning stove or fireplace can be soothing on a cold winter’s night, but that feeling of warmth and coziness can turn dangerous, fast. Two major concerns for potential incidents …
Shoveling Safety Tips
Today’s blog features a personal story from Dave Ferro. Please read to the end to read his words. In Alberta, Canada, we are all too familiar with our car buried under a mound …
Cold Weather Safety Guide
It’s that time of year where we as Albertans have packed away our summer clothes and pulled out the winter gear. Seasonal changes and weather conditions are not new to most of us, yet we go unprepared for when things don’t go …
Christmas Decorating Safety
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, an estimated 13,000 people end up in emergency rooms around the holidays due to injuries linked to Christmas decorations. That is equivalent to roughly 200 per day. With Christmas approaching, …
Rationalizing Unsafe Choices
Safety is communicated through training, policies, procedures, and many other standards, giving us the ability to know how to work safely and mitigate hazards. In most cases, a failure to follow existing standards is …
Appreciating Safety
Toolbox talks, workplace policies and procedures, safe work practices, paperwork, inspections, hazard assessments; these are just a few of the safety tasks we carry out every day. Although it may …
Changing Bad Habits
Habits. We all have them, both on and off the job. Some habits are positive, others not so much. The habits we create have an impact on our lives and the decisions we …