GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alberta — Weyerhaeuser Company was convicted last week in the death of a sawmill employee and as a result, has been ordered to pay $355,000 for the development of a comprehensive training program for inexperienced workers. Weyerhaeuser was convicted on May 19 after pleading guilty under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker, who died on the job three years earlier on Nov. 18, 2023. The worker was using a pike pole to clear a blockage from a wood chipping machine at a Grande Prairie lumber mill when it was unsafe to do so, said the province. The man was then fatally struck by the pike pole. …Northwestern Polytechnic in Grande Prairie will use the funds the court ordered Weyerhaeuser to pay to develop the Northern Industrial Safety Pathways Program. …Mary Catherine McAleer said  “We continue to focus on learning from this tragic incident and strengthening our safety program.