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Saskatchewan extends cancer coverage to wildland firefighters

by HR News Canada Staff August 5, 2025

written by HR News Canada Staff August 5, 2025

Saskatchewan wildland firefighters now have presumptive cancer coverage for 22 types of cancer under workers' compensation. Amendments to The Workers' Compensation Act, 2013 took effect Aug. 1, extending the same cancer coverage available to municipal firefighters to those who fight forest fires. "W...

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