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Reid's Heritage Homes Guilty Of Safety Violation

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Reid's Heritage Homes Guilty Of Safety Violation


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Upcoming Changes to Furnace Standards in Canada

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Upcoming Changes to Furnace Standards in Canada


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Fuels Technician Pleads Gulity To Safety Violation

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Thermo-Stat Mechanical Ltd. Pleads Guilty

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TSSA Fuels Regulations Regulatory Changes and Amendments

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Regulatory Changes and Amendments


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Elgin Construction Fined

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Toronto-Based Company Fined $10,000

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Carrier Class Action Notice

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Carrier Settlement Agreement


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Uncertified Technician Fined $3,000

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TSSA Update Fall 2007


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Powerline Plus Fined for Pipeline Strike

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    Toronto, ON -- June 7, 2007 -- Powerline Plus Limited, a Scarborough-based contractor, recently pled guilty to a serious public safety violation, contrary to Ontario Regulation 210/01 (Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems) under the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000 (the Act).
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Carrier | Bryant Condensing Furnace Class Action Suit - Minnesota Joins

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    Minneapolis, Minnesota – May 10, 2007 -- Minnesota Homeowners Join National Litigation Against Carrier Corporation For Concealing Alleged Defects In High-Efficiency Carrier, Bryant, Payne and Day & Night Furnaces.
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Landlord Fined for Gas Regulation Violations

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    Belleville, ON -- May 8, 2007 -- A Belleville building owner and landlord, James Sheard, was found guilty of three public safety violations, contrary to Ontario Regulation 212/01 (Gaseous Fuels) under the Technical Standards and Safety Act, 2000 (the Act).
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Carrier | Bryant Condensing Furnace Class Action Suit - Update

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    Seattle, Washington -- May 1, 2007 -- Class counsel announced that today United States District Court Judge Ronald B. Leighton ordered that a case filed by current and past Washington State owners of high-efficiency furnaces manufactured by Carrier may proceed as a class action lawsuit.
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Natural Gas Explosion - Harper Gardens

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    Toronto, ON -- February 17, 2007 -- After more than three days of searching through the rubble of a house demolished by an explosion earlier this week authorities have discovered human remains. One of the homeowners, Jyoti Moorthy, the wife of University of Toronto business professor Sridhar Moorthy, was home when the blast happened, and officials believe it was her remains found Saturday.

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Natural Gas Explosion - Vankleek Hill

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    Vankleek Hill, ON -- Monday, October 2, 2007 -- A natural gas leak — not foul play — almost certainly caused the explosion that ripped through the community of Vankleek Hill on Monday, Ontario fire officials say. The explosion completely levelled one home and seriously damaged three others in the Champlain Township community about 80 kilometres east of Ottawa.

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Carrier | Bryant Condensing Furnace Class Action Suit

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    Owners of Carrier and Bryant residential condensing furnaces in the states of Washington, Wisconsin, and Michigan and Province of Ontario have filed separate class action lawsuits against Carrier Corporation, the manufacturer of Carrier and Bryant condensing furnaces (also marketed under the brand names "Day & Night" and "Payne"). The homeowners allege that beginning in the mid-1980s, Carrier started manufacturing its high-end furnaces out of inferior material that corrodes and prematurely fails, without disclosing that fact to consumers.