Risk and Compliance
SNC-Lavalin settles Libya charges, pleads guilty to single count of fraud
Plea deal includes a $280-million fine to be paid over five years.
Airline went into records after Max crash, engineer says
Ethiopian Airlines’ whistleblower points to pattern of corruption including fabricating documents, signing off on shoddy repairs and even beating those who got out of line.
Investigators on site of France’s huge chemical plant fire
About 130 complaints have been filed mostly over potential health risks following the Sept. 26 fire.
Reports say Boeing insider filed safety complaint about Max
Faulty data from sensors triggered an automatic nose-down push that pilots were not able to overcome before crashes in Indonesia last October and in Ethiopia in March.
Goodyear ordered to pay US$6.7M for death from exploding tire
Garbage truck driver killed when a tire he was inflating exploded.
AP Sources: Boeing changing Max software to use 2 computers
In the new configuration, both of the plane’s flight control computers would be monitored by software.
Navy to release health study 15 years after deadly submarine fire
Navy conceded crew of HMCS Chicoutimi had been exposed to a nasty chemical cocktail.
Former Microsoft employee gets 2 years for embezzlement
Tran oversaw Microsoft’s promotional relationship with the NFL.
Explosions, fire rock US oil refinery; gas prices could rise
Fire broke out at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex.
Jury: Monsanto to pay US$2B in weed killer cancer case
Third such courtroom loss for Monsanto in California since August.
Woman killed when she falls into meat grinder at work
It’s not clear what caused the accident in northern Pennsylvania.
Attempted theft at oilfield site ends in leak of crude oil effluent: RCMP
Mounties say someone trying to steal copper wire at the site near Vermilion on Friday night caused extensive damage to the electrical wiring.
Enbridge natural gas pipeline ruptures in Ohio, reports of two injured
Blast sent a fireball into in the sky.
Judge upholds Monsanto verdict, cuts award to US$78M
Lawsuit is among hundreds alleging Roundup weed killer caused cancer, but it was the first one to go to trial.
