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B.C. adds eight cancers to firefighter compensation list, most in Canada

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British Columbia is expanding workers' compensation cancer coverage for firefighters, adding eight cancers to the existing list of presumptive occupational diseases under the Workers Compensation Act. The province will amend…

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