BC's WCB Day of Mourning for Workers Killed

The Workers' Compensation Board, BC Federation of Labour and Business Council of British Columbia, hosted a public Day of Mourning ceremony yesterday at the Workers' Memorial in Vancouver to honour the memory of deceased workers. WCB President Ralph McGinn says the Board holds formal Day of Mourning ceremonies to remember fatally injured workers and to raise awareness about occupational health and safety. "Our primary mandate is the prevention of workplace injury and disease. Our hope is that someday we can say no one died in the workplace this year." Jim Sinclair, the Presiden...