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The provincial government is not expected to lay workplace safety charges in connection with the death of 29-year-old Chad Wiklun in a fatal incident at Agrium Inc.’s Vanscoy potash mine two years ago.

Wiklun was grievously injured in the early hours of Aug. 8, 2016 when he was pinned between two large pieces of equipment deep underground at the mine west of Saskatoon. He clung to life for three days before slipping away.

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Celina Danis, his partner and the mother of their daughters, Casey, 10, and Carsyn, eight, said government officials told her shortly before the second anniversary of Wiklun’s death that charges under occupational health and safety legislation would not be filed.

“There’s no charges being laid, which I was completely fine with until I found out that Chad’s case is the only one in the last few accidents that there’s no charges being laid. Now we’re kind of wondering why,” she said.