announced charges<\/a> in his death earlier this month, alleging the companies involved in Sharpe\u2019s work at the pulp mill failed to ensure his safety.\u00a0<\/p>\nPacesetter Equipment Ltd, West Fraser Mills Ltd. and West Fraser Mills Ltd. operating as Slave Lake Pulp are facing a total of five counts under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.\u00a0Officials with the companies have not responded to requests for comment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hope that charges make a difference<\/p>\n
Sharpe is remembered by his family as a doting son, dedicated brother and hard-working mechanic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sharpe\u2019s mother, Terri-Lynn Sharpe, said her son lived in Edmonton but had been called to work in Slave Lake that day.<\/p>\n
She said the two years since his death have brought grief and painful questions<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m grateful there was an investigation but I\u2019m disappointed there had to be one in the first place,\u201d she said in a statement to CBC News.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still trying to process the charges but hoping that they make a difference. I wouldn\u2019t want anyone to have to go through this trauma and absolute heartbreak.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She said her opinions on her son’s death are hers alone. She said Sharpe\u2019s father, Wally, and his sister, Khaila, have each coped with their loss in their own way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Ryan mattered’<\/p>\n
According to the charges, the alleged workplace infractions include allowing Sharpe to rely on the wood blocks to elevate the machine and allowing him to remove the front drive shaft and parking brake without assistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The companies also allegedly failed to ensure the equipment was repaired in accordance with the manufacturer\u2019s specifications.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pulp mill, which produces pulp for printing, stationery and paperboard, was sold in the spring 2024 and is now operated by Millar Western Forest Products.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sharpe\u2019s mother said she believes Pacesetter and West Fraser Sawmill could have done more to protect her son.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they all could have done better for Ryan,\u201d she said in a statement to CBC News<\/p>\n
\u201cRyan mattered. He deserved more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sharpe said her son took his job with PaceSetters Equipment with pride. She said her son was passionate about his work and committed to excellence in his craft.<\/p>\n
Born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, he had graduated from the mechanical trades program College of New Caledonia in British Columbia and then went on to obtain his red seal.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A memoriam she shared with CBC News said Sharpe found a \u201csecond home\u201d on the job.\u00a0It characterizes him as a young man who had a love for his craft and his colleagues, a knack for fixing things and who often put in long hours, fuelled by strong coffee and a stubborn work ethic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHis colleagues knew him as the man who could breathe life into machinery.\u2026 His helpfulness and kindness made him not just a coworker but a pillar of the workplace,” his obituary states. <\/p>\n
\u201cRyan Sharpe was not just a mechanic, he was the heartbeat of the garage.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The companies charged in Sharpe\u2019s death are due in the Slave Lake Court of Justice on April 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":{"0":"post-549105","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edmonton","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-edmonton"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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