In February of this year, Quebec's workplace health and safety board ordered that health workers in COVID-19 hot zones must wear N95 masks. According to documents obtained by Radio-Canada'sEnqute,this measure was recommended by the board's partner research organization 10 months earlier.

Glyphosate has become key to sustaining New Brunswick's vast forestry industry, but some advocates say that those who have raised concerns about the herbicide have been unjustly punished for it. Now, one college instructor has filed a wrongful dismissal suit, alleging he was fired from his forestry college because of his critical views.

A review by CBC/Radio-Canada of internal Monsanto documents disclosed in a court case last year reveals the many efforts the company took to fight a UN agency assessment that glyphosate, the principal ingredient in its Roundup, was probably carcinogenic to humans.

Health Canada says in light of "troubling allegations," its scientists are reviewing hundreds of studies used during the approval process for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Canada's most popular herbicide, Roundup.

The Quebec Bar Association admits it could have done a better job protecting victims of the 2013 deadly rail disaster from the 'disturbing' tactics used to persuade them to sign on to file lawsuits in U.S. courts for a fee.

The families of the 47 people killed in the July 2013 train explosion in Lac-Mgantic, Que., decided to sue the companies involved in the tragedy in U.S. courts. Working with them behind the scenes was a Texas case runner named Willie Garcia. He's not a lawyer.

A leaked cable from the U.S. embassy in Hanoi says asbestos health and safety standards in Vietnam do not adequately protect workers and attempts to limit the health effects of the fibre seem doomed to fail.