More than 100 nurses at Region of Waterloo Public Health are heading to conciliation Tuesday in a dispute over scheduling and compensation. …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsWorkplace Safety & OHS
Nurses discouraged from working at Manitoba’s largest hospital due to safety
By Brittany Hobson Nurses in Manitoba have made the rare move of declaring the province’s largest hospital too dangerous to work in and …
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FeaturedMental Health
Alberta triples funding for continuing care workers’ mental health
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Alberta government will invest $7.5 million to support the mental health of continuing care workers, tripling its previous commitment to staff …
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FeaturedLabour ShortagesTraining & Development
Ontario invests $56.8 million to train 2,200 more nurses by 2029
Ontario will spend $56.8 million to create nursing seats at colleges and universities across the province, adding 2,200 nurses to the health-care …
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Staffy Health has launched a biometric shift authentication and a one-device policy, measures the company says will improve shift accuracy and reduce …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsImmigrationRecruitment
B.C. streamlines licensing for international doctors as U.S. recruitment yields 780 applications
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberBritish Columbia has received nearly 780 job applications from qualified health professionals across the United States in just two months, prompting the …
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Corporate CultureFeatured
Saskatchewan moves to address physician workplace issues in Regina hospitals
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Saskatchewan government says it will begin implementing changes aimed at improving workplace culture for physicians in Regina hospitals, following the release …
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FeaturedRecruitment
Nova Scotia opens healthcare worker housing complex as part of strategy to fill critical positions
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNova Scotia has opened a fully occupied eight-unit housing complex for healthcare workers in Guysborough County, part of a provincial strategy to …
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Health PEI and the Canadian Union of Public Employees have reached a tentative three-year collective agreement that includes significant wage increases and …
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FeaturedLabour Relations
Newfoundland and Labrador hires Deloitte to review nursing staffing levels, workload concerns
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe Newfoundland and Labrador government has selected Deloitte to conduct a comprehensive review of nursing staffing at six health facilities across the …


