Billy Marr News Today

A Dartmouth, N.S., firefighter who was one of the public faces of the effort to expand the list of cancers considered a workplace injury for firefighters has died. Capt. Billy Marr was 46. He died of colorectal cancer.

Teenagers are preparing to compete at the first skateboarding championships.

Teenagers are preparing to compete at the first skateboarding championships.

The Nova Scotia government is expanding the list of cancers considered a workplace injury for firefighters. For the first time, that list of presumptive cancers includes types that women get.

Successive premiers have promised to expand the list of cancers that are deemed a workplace injury for firefighters in Nova Scotia, but those changes still haven't been made. Some firefighters want to know why.