Alberta gas station legislation

The government of Alberta has legislated new Occupational Health and Safety rules in the province that come into effect June 1, 2018 to protect workers at gas stations and convenience stores. A news media conference was held at the Brookview Husky gas station and convenience store in Edmonton on Thursday, May 31, 2018. Gas station owner Ki Yun Jo was killed in Thorsby on Oct. 6, 2017 in a gas-and-dash incident. There have been 377 gas-and-dash incidents in Alberta since the beginning of this yea