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Canadian lobster firm to pay CAD 60,000, post billboards, as penalty for drowning

'Had there been compliance with the regulation by he and his employer, James Buchanan in all likelihood would still be alive' -- judge James Burrill

By Undercurrent News | Jan. 11, 2019 17:58 GMT
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Little Rye Fisheries, a lobster fishing operation in Canada’s Nova Scotia province, was ordered Thursday to pay CAD 60,000 ($45,258) for several Occupational Health and Safety Act violations in relation to the drowning death two years ago of one of its fisherman, the Shelburne County Coast Guard reports [...]

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