A nurse tends to a patient in the intensive care unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. The head of the Ontario Hospital Association says hospitals should not lose nurses and doctors to a new system of private clinics the government will be using to reduce the surgical backlog.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Ontario hospital nurses awarded 5.25 per cent in raises, but decry lack of staffing ratios

by The Canadian Press September 4, 2025

written by The Canadian Press September 4, 2025

By Allison Jones An arbitrator has awarded Ontario's hospital nurses pay increases of 5.25 per cent over two years, in a new contract their union calls disappointing. The terms of the contract as set by the arbitrator for about 60,000 hospital nurses include the pay increase but do not include minim...

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