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CBC
11-07-2025
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- CBC
Carl Lamoureux from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., identified as worker killed in Saskatoon crane accident
Social Sharing Family confirm that 38-year-old Carl Lamoureux is the worker killed in a crane accident last weekend in Saskatoon. They declined to comment because the accident is still under investigation. The accident happened around 9:40 a.m. CST on July 5 at an apartment building site on Webster Street in the Forest Grove neighbourhood. A second man, 37, was also injured and taken to hospital. In a news release, police said the crane setup on the south side of the building collapsed. According to his obituary, Lamoureux came from a well-known family in the Fort Saskatchewan area. The obituary for his father, Arthur, charts the family's deep roots dating back to 1872. A nearby hamlet still carries the family's name. "They are descendants of the original settler Lamoureux brothers. They ran the ferry which linked the old NWMP outpost at Ft. Saskatchewan with the rough and ready capital-to-be down the road, Edmonton. Art Lamoureux was one of a kind. Larger than life itself," the obituary says. This love of hard work and the outdoors carried to Carl. "Growing up, he loved nothing more than summers at Buffalo Lake, where he threw himself into every water activity imaginable—sailing, swimming, water skiing, kayaking," Carl's obituary says. "He could often be found in the fields around Lamoureux and Fort Saskatchewan, searching for geese to contribute to the many tourtières at Lamoureux Christmas dinners — or hunting other game to fill his freezer. And if he wasn't there, he was probably knee-deep in a river somewhere, wearing his hip waders and trying to pull in a sturgeon or some other fish — which, somehow, always seemed to be bigger than all the rest caught that day." Occupational Health and Safety investigating Wright Construction president Chris Doka confirmed the company is the development's main contractor. "While the individuals injured in the incident were not Wright Construction employees, as the prime contractor for the project, we take the health and safety of all workers extremely seriously," Doka said in a statement emailed to CBC News. "We are working co-operatively with all authorities and workplace parties involved as they conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident." The province's Occupational Health and Safety branch is investigating the accident. A spokesperson said in an email that the findings would not automatically be made public. "There would not be a public report available on any incidents that may have taken place unless there was a successful prosecution," wrote Kate Crowley. "The ministry publishes news releases in the event of a successful prosecution for serious injuries and fatalities. In addition, a summary report is available for successful fatality prosecutions."
Yahoo
11-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Carl Lamoureux from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., identified as worker killed in Saskatoon crane accident
Family confirm that 38-year-old Carl Lamoureux is the worker killed in a crane accident last weekend in Saskatoon. They declined to comment because the accident is still under investigation. The accident happened around 9:40 a.m. CST on July 5 at an apartment building site on Webster Street in the Forest Grove neighbourhood. A second man, 37, was also injured and taken to hospital. In a news release, police said the crane setup on the south side of the building collapsed. According to his obituary, Lamoureux came from a well-known family in the Fort Saskatchewan area. The obituary for his father, Arthur, charts the family's deep roots dating back to 1872. A nearby hamlet still carries the family's name. "They are descendants of the original settler Lamoureux brothers. They ran the ferry which linked the old NWMP outpost at Ft. Saskatchewan with the rough and ready capital-to-be down the road, Edmonton. Art Lamoureux was one of a kind. Larger than life itself," the obituary says. This love of hard work and the outdoors carried to Carl. "Growing up, he loved nothing more than summers at Buffalo Lake, where he threw himself into every water activity imaginable—sailing, swimming, water skiing, kayaking," Carl's obituary says. "He could often be found in the fields around Lamoureux and Fort Saskatchewan, searching for geese to contribute to the many tourtières at Lamoureux Christmas dinners — or hunting other game to fill his freezer. And if he wasn't there, he was probably knee-deep in a river somewhere, wearing his hip waders and trying to pull in a sturgeon or some other fish — which, somehow, always seemed to be bigger than all the rest caught that day." Wright Construction president Chris Doka confirmed the company is the development's main contractor. "While the individuals injured in the incident were not Wright Construction employees, as the prime contractor for the project, we take the health and safety of all workers extremely seriously," Doka said in a statement emailed to CBC News. "We are working co-operatively with all authorities and workplace parties involved as they conduct an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident." The province's Occupational Health and Safety branch is investigating the accident. A spokesperson said in an email that the findings would not automatically be made public. "There would not be a public report available on any incidents that may have taken place unless there was a successful prosecution," wrote Kate Crowley. "The ministry publishes news releases in the event of a successful prosecution for serious injuries and fatalities. In addition, a summary report is available for successful fatality prosecutions." The branch has no information readily available on the number of crane collapse inspections over the past decade "as incidents are not categorized in this way," she added.
CBC
07-07-2025
- CBC
Alberta man killed in crane accident at Saskatoon apartment construction site
A 38-year-old man from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. is dead and another man in hospital after a crane accident at a Saskatoon construction site. It happened around 9:40 a.m. CST on July 5 at an apartment building site on Webster Street in the Forest Grove neighbourhood. A second man, 37, was also injured and taken to hospital. In a news release, police said the crane set-up on the south side of the building collapsed. On Sunday, police tape remained on the exterior of the building. The crane was standing, but the stack of concrete ballast was at its base. The accident is still under investigation. According to the WestCliff Properties website, a Saskatoon real estate development company, the finished building will feature 162 rental suites when it opens next year.
CTV News
06-07-2025
- CTV News
Man killed after crane collapses in northeast Saskatoon
The Saskatoon Police Service headquarters can be seen in this file photo. A man is dead after a crane collapsed at a construction site in northeast Saskatoon Saturday morning. According to the city's police service, officers were called to the scene of an 'industrial accident' on the 600 block of Webster Street at around 9:40 a.m. on July 5. Two men, aged 30 and 37, were injured when a crane collapsed at the site, police said. Both victims were transported to hospital, where the 30-year-old man from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. was declared dead. His family has been notified. No update was provided regarding the status of the 37-year-old. Saskatoon police say provincial heath and safety officials have been contacted about the collapse. -With files from The Canadian Press.
CTV News
06-07-2025
- CTV News
Alberta man killed after crane collapses at Saskatoon construction site
A Saskatoon Police Service badge is stitched onto an officer's uniform in Saskatoon, Sask., on Friday, May 5, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu Police say an Alberta man who was rushed to hospital Saturday after a crane collapse in Saskatoon has died. Officers had been dispatched to a construction site on Webster Street in the city's northeast for an industrial accident. A crane collapsed at the site and two workers were injured and had to be taken to hospital. In an update, police say a 30-year-old man from Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., northeast of Edmonton, was pronounced dead and that family has been notified. There was no update about the 37-year-old man. Police have said provincial occupational health and safety officials have been contacted about the collapse. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 6, 2025.
