Nurses

• Nova Scotia to restrict contract length for nurses who travel to fill shortages

  Nova Scotia is moving to restrict the amount of time travel nurses can work in the province, and Premier Tim Houston is calling on other premiers to consider doing the same.

  Health

  Dec 4
  
• ‘I am the nurse’: Saskatoon nurses plead for staffing amid health-care crisis

  Members of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses and health-care workers cried as they shared horrors from the hospital and called on the province for staffing and resources.

  Canada

  Nov 27
  
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• Saskatoon nurses to rally against worsening health-care conditions

  Nurses are set to rally in Saskatoon on Monday in response to worsening conditions throughout the system.

  Health

  Nov 24
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• “For the past month we’ve had no hot water!” Brandon nurses complain to union

  The Assiniboine Centre in Brandon, Man. was without a convenient supply of hot water for nearly a month as its water system was upgraded, causing concern from staff.

  Health

  Oct 21
• Partnership aims to bring health-care workers to Brockville

  The City of Brockville is on a recruitment blitz, targeting health-care workers. The city's general hospital says staff are overworked and it can't fill vacancies fast enough. 

  Canada

  Oct 11
• Contracts finalized between Hastings Prince Edward Public Health and striking workers

  Hastings Prince Edward Public Health Workers represented by CUPE and ONA had their contracts finalized at the Hastings Prince Edward Pubic Health Board meeting Wednesday morning.

  Health

  Oct 4
• Nurses’ union calls for resignation of HPE health board chair and vice-chair

  For over a month, the board's 50 nurses have been on strike, and last week, public health staffers represented by CUPE joined the picket lines as well.

  Canada

  Sep 28
• Hastings Prince Edward Public Health nurses set to go on strike

  Hastings Prince Edward Public Health is advising the public that it's nursing staff are set to go on strike Monday August 21. HPEPH says all it's offices will remain open.

  Canada

  Aug 18
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• Staffing shortages persist in Manitoba’s SANE Program but progress underway: Shared Health

  The Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners program - or SANE - at Health Sciences Centre is still looking to fill some staffing positions, but Shared Health says progress is being made.

  Health

  Jul 5
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• Manitoba health care union issues strike notice

  The Manitoba Association of Health Care Professionals has issued a two-week strike deadline for its members who have been without a contract for more than five years.

  Health

  Jun 1