News
Lucie-Ann Pineau joins the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC as new Chief Financial Officer
The Alliance is pleased to welcome our new chief financial officer, Lucie-Ann Pineau. Lucie-Ann will join us on May 26, 2021, and will work alongside
NAOSH Week 2021—New Training & Webinars
In 1997, NAOSH Week (North American Occupational Safety and Health Week) was launched to highlight the importance of preventing injury and illness in the workplace.
Provincial Health Officer order delegates specific powers of the Public Health Act to WorkSafeBC prevention officers
Today, the Provincial Health Officer announced new orders delegating specific powers of the Public Health Act to WorkSafeBC prevention officers. Under the new order, WorkSafeBC
New Circuit Breaker Business Relief Grant announced
Minister Ravi Kahlon has announced the new Circuit Breaker Business Relief Grant which will provide $50 million to help the 14,000 restaurants, bars, breweries, wineries,
Accelerating Manufacturing Scale-up Grant Program
The Accelerating Manufacturing Scale-Up Grant Program will be accepting applications from April 15 to May 31, 2021. Grants up to $250,000 for businesses (or $500,000 for groups in collaboration).
COVID-19 vaccine news for BC food processors and manufacturers
Since mid-March, more than 20,000 essential workers at Alliance member companies have received their first immunizations. That initial priority campaign ended in late March. The health regions are waiting for direction from the province to determine whether, when, and how they may be able to resume priority immunization of production workers. We will continue to update you here as we learn more.