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File photo of apple picking in a Canadian orchard. (Martinedoucet/E+/Getty Images)

New B.C. youth work rules: Heavy lifting, ag chem handling out

New standards also lift province's 'general working age' to 16

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News July 23, 2021

“Light farm and yard work” are deemed appropriate for workers at ages 14 and 15 under new employment standards taking effect in British Columbia this fall. The province on Wednesday announced changes to its Employment Standards Act, which have been through the development and consultation stages since 2019, have now been finalized and will take

Safety Scouts kits include a kid-sized safety vest and membership certificate.

Farmit Manitoba, Other

‘Safety Scouts’ kits facilitate farm safety talks with kids

Kits and other resources are available for free on CASA’s website

By Geralyn Wichers July 21, 2021

BASF and CASA hope interactive ‘Safety Scouts’ kits will give farm families fun and interactive ways to talk about safety. “A lot of the issues along with safety is just having the conversations, right?” said Robin Anderson, communications co-ordinator at the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA). “And having the awareness and keeping, integrating safety as

A recent report showed children aged one to four have the highest rate of fatalities.

Farmit Manitoba, Other

Virtual Farm Safety Days allow broader reach during pandemic

Organizers optimistic 2022 will see a return to in-person programming

By Diana Martin July 21, 2021

Glacier FarmMedia – The traditional Safety Farm Days are missing from most farm communities’ calendars this year. A valued tradition, Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) Farm Safety Days, in partnership with the Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), have helped hundreds of thousands of rural and farm kids learn how to stay safe while working and playing

Smoke clouds the horizon near Carberry April 1 thanks to one of the province’s list of recent grassfires.

News

Farmers trade caps for firefighter hats

With much of Manitoba tinder dry, farmers have both a role in helping their local fire departments, and avoiding a fire on their own operations

By Alexis Stockford April 9, 2021

When the Carberry North Cypress-Langford Fire and Rescue got the call about a fast-moving grassfire the afternoon of April 1, they immediately got on the phone. They called in help. Fire departments from Shilo, Glenboro, Wawanesa and Elton came out to contain the blaze—whipped by wind gusts up to 57 kilometres an hour to claim

A home narrowly escapes a grassfire near Carberry April 1.

News

Farm checklist against fire

From making a fire plan to proper disposal of oily rags, KAP’s Manitoba Farm Safety Program has some tips on what producers can do to limit fire risk

By Alexis Stockford April 9, 2021

The Manitoba Farm Safety Program is reminding farmers of their own on-farm fire risk management. Manitoba’s dry conditions have led to a rash of grassfires since the start of April, including one that menaced a housing sub-division near Carberry and several fires in the southeast and central Manitoba. Dry conditions have also led to widespread

“Make sure you understand that people are watching you. It matters what you do. It matters a lot.” – Alan Quilley.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Take farm safety personally and make a commitment, says expert

Don’t practise on-farm safety because the government says so — do it for yourself and your family

By Jeff Melchior March 22, 2021

Glacier FarmMedia – Working safely on the farm is like getting ready to jump out of an airplane. You can’t afford to pack your parachute right only some of the time — you have to do it right every time. That line of thinking is the same producers should be using in their safety procedures

Keystone Agricultural Producers is launching a series of 34 online workshops on mental health.

News, Other

Workshops shine light on farmer mental health

KAP’s series of online workshops will highlight signs of mental distress, how to tell if someone is struggling, and the best ways to approach that conversation or get help yourself

By Alexis Stockford February 2, 2021

Producers looking to expand their knowledge on everything from market trends to agronomy have had their pick of online education for the last year, but the latest series of free ag-related seminars hope to tackle a problem usually held closer to the vest — mental health. Why it matters: Farmers have little trouble confronting an

File photo of a quality control check on fresh peppers in a Canadian vegetable packing plant. (Jeffbergen/E+Getty Images)

Federal program to protect farms, workers from COVID-19 underway

'Highest-risk' farming operations to get priority, Bibeau says

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News October 5, 2020

Applications are now open for a federally-administered $35 million emergency on-farm support fund to help limit the impacts of COVID-19 on farms and on-farm workers. Aimed at farm workplaces and employee living quarters, the fund is being managed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), but cost-shared with participating producers at a 50-50 level. Money is

STAR-7 lifts-off during a mock accident exercise in the RM of Rosser in 2018.

News, Other

STARS sees summer spike in calls

The Manitoba base saw a near-record 81 calls in August

By Spencer Myers September 22, 2020

STARS air ambulance saw its second-highest number of monthly calls to date last month, with 81 calls during August this year. Of those, 45 were on-scene emergencies, while the remaining 36 were inter-facility transfers. Why it matters: With so many farms being remotely located, STARS unfortunately responds to a number of agricultural accidents each year, with call

Keeping kids safe on the farm is a dilemma the farming community needs to address.

Editorial, Op/Ed, Other

Editorial: Too many kids still dying on farms

By Laura Rance-Unger September 17, 2020

Over the last two decades there has been a noticeable increase in education and training designed to make farms safer places for children to grow up. Kids, even toddlers, often like to tag along with their farming parent. As they grow older and more capable they have traditionally been an important source of labour on

Daily Network News

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