Firefighting is one of only five occupations that the International Agency of Research on Cancer has labelled with its most severe cancer warning. Firefighters have seen a change in how seriously their peers consider this risk, but they’re calling on the government for more resources to better protect themselves and for more comprehensive health coverage should they get sick.
“My grief is still hard, because he s gone and he s always going to be gone.
Author of the article: Evan Radford
Publishing date: Feb 18, 2021 • February 18, 2021 • 6 minute read • Esther Green holds one of the remaining mementos she has of her late son Jeff Snyder, who died of a drug overdose in 2014, on Feb. 15, 2021 near the creek in Swift Current, Sask. on her homestead. (David Zammit for the Regina Leader-Post) Photo by DZammitphotography /jpg
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If Saskatchewan is in a downward drug addiction spiral, then Esther Green has witnessed firsthand the worst of the pain it spits out two sons hooked on fentanyl, one dead from an overdose, another sitting on remand in jail for drug charges.
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