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According to CBC News, Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. and Peace Pipefitting Inc. each admitted to a single count under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act during a court hearing last week in Slave Lake.
Justice Robert Marceau accepted a joint sentencing submission that included both fines and creative sentencing measures. Tamarack was ordered to pay $500,000, with the majority of that sum directed toward funding safety awareness and prevention programming through three organizations: CAREERS: The Next Generation Foundation, Energy Safety Canada, and Threads of Life, a national non-profit that supports families affected by workplace tragedy.
Peace Pipefitting Inc., the contract employer for the…