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![Mitch LaPrade stands on the porch of his home in Long Sault, Ont., holding two envelopes from Ontario's WSIB, the result of an 11-year battle for a workers' compensation claim. Mitch LaPrade](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4658189.1526006176!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_460/mitch-laprade.jpg)
Mitch LaPrade has been fighting the WSIB for 11 years, arguing his chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) was caused by exposure to a carcinogen called benzene. The highest level of Ontario’s workers’ compensation system ruled in his favour last fall, but his cheques only arrived this week after a CBC investigation.
via CBC | Top Stories News
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