From cancer to mental health, firefighters face challenges long after the smoke clears
From cancer to mental health, firefighters face challenges long after the smoke clears

From cancer to mental health, firefighters face challenges long after the smoke clears

Maria Nsue

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Lorne Miller is confident his cancer was linked to his work as a firefighter — and he’s pleased that Alberta has now expanded workplace compensation coverage for the disease. We talk to Miller and Aaron Bowers, another firefighter in the province, about the strains of their work and how they’ve gotten better at talking about mental health.

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