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Ontario Superior Court quashes decision granting cancer benefits to fire dispatchers | Law Times (Mar. 10, 2025)
Court stays class action against workers’ compensation regimes over lack of legal representation | Law360 Canada (Mar. 7, 2025)
Advocates push for Meredith Act | Chronicle Journal (Feb. 11, 2025)
Injured workers’ advocates push to replace Workplace Safety and Insurance Act | CBC News (Feb. 10, 2025)
Creation of research network a ‘game-changer’ | Canadian Occupational Safety (Jan. 28, 2025)
WSIB gives $65M to St. Joe’s hospital for research hub on work injuries, illness | London Free Press (Jan. 24, 2025)
Ottawa should compensate Afghan interpreters, military ombud says | CTV News (Jan 22, 2025)
Criminal negligence trial begins in British Columbia | Canadian Occupational Safety (Jan. 20, 2025)
Ontario concludes investigation into Amazon worker’s death | Canadian Occupational Safety (Jan. 17, 2025)
Chronic pain is a hidden revolution: it’s time for a revolution | New York Times Magazine (Jan. 12, 2025)
Cancer in firefighters: more work remains to be done to improve their fate | CityNews Montreal (Jan. 8, 2025)