Blog Category: Chatter Box

A recent court case in British Columbia sent a clear message to businesses across Canada: failing to enforce health and safety training can come at a high price. 7-Eleven Canada was ordered to pay $907,000 in damages after a customer was seriously injured due to an unrepaired pothole outside one ....

I came across this article from CTV News and it got me thinking. A Barrie manufacturer was just fined $50,000 after a critical injury occurred on the job. It raises a tough but important question: Could this have been avoided with proper health and safety training?✅ Did employees know how ....

I was watching the news when a shocking report came on: a registered massage therapist (RMT) had been charged with sexual assault at a physiotherapy and wellness clinic. The name of the clinic sounded familiar. Then it hit me—I had been a client there. And even more unsettling, I had ....

Empower Learning Solutions is a proud sponsor of the Whitby Wildcats U10 A Hockey Team! We believe in helping the youth in our community to grow and develop their team building and relationship skills through organized sport, so that they can become leaders and contribute positively to our community. We ....

Empower Learning Solutions is pleased to announce that we have once again been selected by the Ontario Small Business Community to take part in their Virtual Market. We initially were selected as one of 25 small businesses to take part in the Summer Virtual Market that took place between July ....

I recently had lunch with a colleague and they told me an interesting story. A business owner went to the bank to get a business loan. When asked what the loan was for, the owner said it was to pay for fines. Long story short, the owner was being fined ....

Westjet’s Customer Service for People who have a Service Animal I read a story on CBC about a boy who couldn’t travel on a plane with his service animal because the airline couldn’t confirm in advance whether the service animal could fly on the plane. This upset me because the family ended ....