Their collective agreement expired in March.

Many nurses caring for COVID-19 patients are suffering burn-out or psychological distress, and many have faced abuse or discrimination outside of work, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said.

It's alleged a patient spit on two nurses in the emergency department.

The coroner's office says public hearings will be ordered as soon as possible.

The College of Nurses of Ontario, which oversees about 188,000 members, offered few details about what it had previously referred to only as a "cybersecurity incident" it discovered Sept. 8.

The V.P. of the union representing the nurses at the Lakeshore General Hospital says more health-care professionals need to be hired and salaries increased.

A group of Francophone nurses say students can get nursing education in English or French, but the final registration exam favours English students.

Some two dozen nurses and staff stood outside of the facility waving signs, blowing horns and chanting in unison, 'where is the money.'

Emergency room nurses at the Lakeshore General Hospital staged multiple sit-ins over the weekend to protest what the union calls critical and ongoing staff shortages.

The union is now repeating recommendations from the union's 2015-16 "Broken Homes" study, calling for an average of 4.1 hours of care per resident per day, including 1.3 hours of nursing care.