B.C. to expand firefighter occupational disease coverage to wildfire fighters

VICTORIA — Firefighters who have battled B.C. wildfires, fire investigators and fire crews working for Indigenous groups will be eligible for greater access to job-related health compensation under legislation introduced Thursday.
Labour Minister Harry Bains tabled amendments to the Workers’ Compensation Act that extends occupational disease and mental-health benefits to more people who work around fires. The proposed changes will expand cancer, heart disease and mental-health disord