Government of Canada Enacts Bill C-224 to Address Firefighter Cancer Risk Wednesday June 28, 2023 We are pleased to share that Bill C-224 has been received Royal Assent by Canadian government, enacting a national framework to not only prevent, but treat cancers linked...
Ontario To Include Pancreatic Cancer Coverage For Firefighters Friday, March 3, 2023 The Globe and Mail has reported the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board will now recognize pancreatic as a presumptive cancer for Ontario firefighters. Claims will also be...
‘Presumptive occupational risk’: Firefighters are getting pancreatic cancer because of their job. So why aren’t all provinces offering support? Monday, November 28, 2022 Healthing.ca writer Maja Begovic sheds light on the pancreatic cancer risk...
Catherine McBride Shares Her Husband’s Cancer Battle and The Increased Risk Faced by Firefighters By Victoria Izzio-Meloche Les’s Journey Leslie McBride first experienced symptoms of pancreatic cancer in May 2018. As Captain of the Ottawa Fire Department,...
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