Health Care Workers

The Saskatchewan government will offer up to $200,000 over five years to bring in more emergency medicine specialists, including both specialist physicians and family doctors who complete extra training in…

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has passed a series of legislative amendments this fall designed to make it easier for health-care professionals, including physician assistants and registered psychiatric nurses,…

Nearly 10,000 nurses in New Brunswick will receive $10,000 retention payments before the end of the year as part of the provincial government’s efforts to address ongoing staffing shortages in…

Saskatchewan is introducing a new financial incentive of up to $60,000 to retain medical residents specializing in emergency medicine, anaesthesia and diagnostic radiology. The incentive provides $30,000 per year to…

LGI Healthcare Solutions has unveiled a new workforce management platform designed to address the specific needs of Canada’s healthcare industry. The platform, called LGI Workforce Pro, integrates scheduling, payroll, and…

The provincial government says it will force new doctors trained in Quebec to work in the province’s public health-care system for the first years of their practice. Health Minister Christian…

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) is calling for the elimination of workplace sick notes for short-term minor illnesses, a move it says could prevent up to 12.5 million unnecessary health-care…

Some 25,000 health-care support workers have ratified a new collective agreement, averting a strike. The two unions involved say the four-year deal includes average wage increases of 27 per cent…

Quebec’s largest nurses union has reached a deal with the provincial government more than a year and a half after their collective agreement expired in March 2023. Fédération interprofessionnelle de…