NS issues stop-work order for Nova Scotia Firefighters School

The Government of Nova Scotia has issued a stop-work order for the Nova Scotia Firefighters School for failing to comply with safety requirements. According to CBC, the school has been under scrutiny following the death of a student during a training session in 2019. NS issued a compliance order that required the school to address 22 “high risk” activities uncovered by a third-party assessment; when compliance was not fully achieved, NS issued a stop-work order. “The stop-work order will remain in place, and the activities cannot resume, until compliance is achieved,” read a statement from the NS Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration.