An equipment rental company is facing 10 workplace-related charges after a fatal tent collapse at a Buddhist retreat in Alberta in 2024.
One person was killed after fierce winds caused a massive tent to fall in on itself that July day just before a retreat was to begin at the Westlock Meditation Centre, northwest of Edmonton.
Dozens were injured.
Among the charges laid by Occupational Health and Safety include failing to properly anchor, restrain and secure the tent.
RCMP had said there was about 100 people in and around the structure when it collapsed, and the woman who died was later identified as a 40-year-old from Minnesota.
The company is named Alberta Special Event Equipment Rentals & Sales Ltd., and The Canadian Press could not immediately locate a contact for it for comment.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 5, 2026.