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for work-related injuries caused by heat exhaustion and heat stroke. The occupations with the highest number of heat stress-related claims last year included landscape and horticulture workers, welders and metal fabricators, longshore, logging and forestry workers and construction workers. “People who work outdoors face many risks when the weather gets hot,” said Dan Strand of WorkSafeBC.
The Kamloops-Thompson school district will follow through on recommendations that came from an investigation into parental complaints about sexual misconduct in schools — but it likely won’t begin until the fall and is expected to take a year to implement. When that happens, trustee Gerald Watson is hoping to see a clearer definition of sexual misconduct, saying “the devil is in the details.” At its meeting on Monday night, the KamloopsThompson board of education accepted the 12-page report from a task force that was created after parents of two students accused the district of failing to protect their children from sexual harassment and intimidation. Watson, a lawyer, said the definition created by the task force includes among its examples behaviours that could also be consensual. For example, Watson cited kissing between two consensual teens could be seen as misconduct according to the definition. Task force chair Michelle Marginet, a former health and safety manager for the school district, said the group struggled with the definition, changing it during each of its four meetings. She emphasized it is a working definition the task force chose and it is up to the district to refine a definition. Task force member and trustee Joan Cowden confirmed the challenge the members faced during what she called very long and overwhelming meetings.
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It has become so hot that Environment Canada has issued a weather warning, which it does when forecast temperatures are 35 C or above for two or more days. In Kamloops, the high Monday was 35.6 C and the mercury was expected to peak at 36 C on Tuesday, which would have nudged the record 37 C that baked the city on June 19, 1982. The forecast high on Wednesday is 34 C. June is normally a cool and wet month,
with the current temperatures above the monthly average high of 25 C. While last June was bone-dry — 3.4 millimetres, heralding the worst wildfire season on record — this June has seen more rainfall, about 20 millimetres. With the scorching heat upon us, WorkSafeBC is alerting employers and outdoor workers of the risk of developing symptoms of heat stress. Left untreated, heat stress can lead to injuries from heat exhaustion and heat stroke. In 2017, there were 30 accepted claims