Staffing Shortage

• COVID-19 causing Calgary Transit staffing shortages, route changes, cancellations

  Calgary Transit says it needs to make changes to routes to deal with a staffing shortage due to the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

  Traffic

  Jan 16
  
• More Alberta hospital services unavailable due to staff shortages

  Staffing shortages have led to more closures and a lack of physicians in hospitals across Alberta.

  Health

  Jan 15
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• COVID-19: Saskatchewan restaurants struggle to stay open amid staffing challenges

  Eateries like Primal in Saskatoon, as well as the Keg and Smoke's Poutinerie in Regina, have had to reduce their levels of service in recent weeks.

  Canada

  Jan 10
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• WestJet cancels 15% of flights amid Omicron COVID-19 staff shortage

  Westjet is consolidating approximately 15 per cent of scheduled flights through to Jan. 31, 2022 due to the accelerating impact of Omicron.

  Canada

  Dec 30, 2021
• ‘I am watching my leg turn black’: Surgeries delayed for months at Royal Inland Hospital

  Royal Inland Hospital is facing a healthcare crisis, leading patients to advocate for better care.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2021
• Nova Scotia health-care workers share concerns with premier and health minister

  Across health care, staffing shortages have been a constant challenge, something that was highlighted especially by the pandemic, and it's not just doctors and nurses. 

  Health

  Sep 23, 2021
• Alberta Health Services invokes emergency staffing provisions to address ‘increasing pressure’

  AHS will redeploy workers, "as well as, including but not limited to mandating overtime and potentially cancelling vacations" to staff ICUs, emergency departments and other units.

  Health

  Aug 20, 2021
• Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union calls for staffing increase at province’s long-term care facilities

  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.

  Jun 26, 2020
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• Staffing shortage blamed for North Okanagan recycling problems

  Complaints have been stacking up online from residents.

  Consumer

  Jul 30, 2019