Nurse Shortage

• Quebec losing 37 young nurses for every 100 who enter workforce: report

  Quebec is losing 37 young nurses for every 100 who start, as burnout, long hours and violence on the job drive many out of the profession, a new report warns.

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  Oct 25, 2025
  
• This U.S. nurse wants to move to B.C. Red tape and the cost of living give him pause

  Pat, a South Carolina nurse, wants to move to B.C., but says red tape and the cost of living are giving him pause.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2025
  
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• Go north: Nurses offered $30K signing bonus to work in B.C. health region

  The Ministry of Health is offering $30,000 signing bonuses for positions in Northern Health (NH) and up to $20,000 for remote areas in other health authorities.

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  Jun 11, 2024
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• Number of newly licensed Quebec nurses reaches 10-year low

  The professional order that regulates nursing in the province says it granted 2,864 licences between April 2022 and March 2023 compared to 3,565 a year before.

  Jan 12, 2024
• N.B. will turn to collaborative care clinics to address primary care shortages

  There are about 25,000 people without access to a primary care provider in New Brunswick and only about a third of those who do can see their provider quickly.

  Health

  Sep 5, 2023
• Nova Scotia nursing college sees influx of applicants after fast-tracking licensing

  The provincial regulator is speeding up application processing for nurses trained in Canada and seven countries where the scope of practice is similar to Nova Scotia.

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  May 16, 2023
• New nursing program to begin at Acadia University

  Starting this September, Acadia University will host a satellite Bachelor of Science in Nursing program along with Cape Breton University.

  Education

  May 11, 2023
• New Brunswick accelerates process to license out-of-province nurses

  The association says it is working on a plan to also speed up the registration and licensing of internationally educated registered nurses.

  Health

  Mar 30, 2023
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• Shared Health to put backup plan in place for sexual assault program while replacement nurses train

  The program has been under fire recently, as seven of 13 nurses resigned from the program earlier this week.

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  Mar 23, 2023
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• Layoffs at Simcoe County hospital due to funding cuts spark concern for Ontario Nurses Assoc.

  Amid an ongoing health-care worker shortage, the Ontario Nurses Association worries 13 nurses being laid off at a Simcoe County hospital is just the start of a backward slide.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2023