• Solu Med inc. de Montréal perd son autorisation de contracter et est inscrite au RENA

  Source: Quebec - Fil de presse gouvernemental
  Date: 2026-10-26 11:59:00.0
  Tags: [Quebec, Healthcare, Labour, Governance, Public Safety]

  The Autorité des marchés publics has revoked the contracting authorization of Solu Med inc., a Montreal-based nursing personnel placement agency. Consequently, the company has been officially registered in Quebec's Registre des entreprises non admissibles aux contrats publics (RENA), barring it from participating in public sector contracts.

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• Yukon to extend presumptive cancer coverage to wildland firefighters

  Source: Territories - Northern Affairs (Yukon, NWT, Nunavut)
  Date: 2026-10-07 00:23:01.0
  Tags: [National, Labour, Healthcare, Public Safety, Governance]

  The Yukon government tabled a bill in the Legislative Assembly to amend the territory's Workers' Safety and Compensation Act to extend presumptive cancer coverage to wildland firefighters. Previously, only full-time and part-time structural firefighters were covered under the legislation for 19 types of cancer. Under the proposed statutory amendments introduced by Minister Laura Lang, wildland firefighters diagnosed with listed cancers and meeting eligibility requirements will have their conditions legally presumed to be work-related, streamlining the claims process.

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