Health System
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Sask. leaders react following Pasqua Hospital robbery incidentSaskatchewan's NDP questions how the health system has gotten to the point where a woman was recently robbed at knifepoint in a hospital waiting room.CanadaMar 14, 2024
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Nova Scotia launches website to track health care progressWhile Nova Scotia's Minister of Health stressed the importance of a system-wide approach, she said a key priority of the Action for Health plan is stabilizing the workforce.HealthJun 24, 2022
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Alberta nurses formally agree to new collective agreementMembers of United Nurses of Alberta have ratified a new provincial collective agreement after 'one of the most prolonged and arduous negotiations' in its history,' the UNA said.HealthJan 27, 2022
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Alberta’s COVID-19 positivity rate rises to 10.5%; health system under ‘enormous strain’Yiu said AHS is planning for "all scenarios" and the remote hospital plans - for low acuity mobile units - is part of its "ongoing, proactive pandemic response planning."HealthDec 4, 2020
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Alberta records 7 more COVID-19 deaths Wednesday, hospitalizations climb to 217Alberta reported 672 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, pushing the number of people in hospital with the virus to 217, 46 of whom were in intensive care.HealthNov 11, 2020
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Queen’s students told not to gather for St. Patrick’s Day street partiesKingston officials are warning university students they will be taking measures against unsanctioned weekend street parties in celebration St. Patrick's Day.CanadaMar 12, 2020
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Critics of Canadian health system discover a potent tool: social mediaNova Scotia's ratio of 257 doctors per 100,000 people is the highest in the country. And yet there were 51,119 people on a waiting list for a family physician in the province as of March 1.HealthApr 30, 2019
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Ontario premier says management-level jobs will be axed amid health-care system overhaulFord says people in the local health integration networks, such as CEOs, presidents and vice-presidents will be axed, but front-line jobs will be protected.Mar 13, 2019
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Trudeau says Ottawa will ensure provinces follow Canada Health ActThe Canada Health Act prevents private billing for medically necessary health services.PoliticsFeb 7, 2019
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Ontario government assures health inspections, air ambulance won’t be privatized after NDP leak health billChristine Elliott's comments came after the NDP released a second set of confidential government documents following the release last week of a draft version of the Progressive Conservative government's upcoming health-care transformation legislation.PoliticsFeb 4, 2019
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