By Lisa Johnson About 16,000 unionized Alberta hospital workers, including licensed practical nurses and health-care aides, have voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary …
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FeaturedLabour ShortagesRecruitment
Health-care recruitment efforts net 84 physicians, 415 nurses in New Brunswick over last year
New Brunswick’s regional health authorities have hired more than 80 permanent physicians and more than 400 nurses since October 2024. The recruitment …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & BudgetsTraining & Development
PEI offers free tuition to nursing, paramedic students who commit to two years
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberPrince Edward Island is covering full tuition costs for students entering licensed practical nursing and paramedicine programs in exchange for a two-year …
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The New Brunswick government and the New Brunswick Nurses Union have signed a new collective agreement that includes a 12.5 per cent …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsLabour Shortages
Nursing vacancies in Ontario triple as union bargains for safe staffing
Nursing job vacancies across Canada have tripled in five years, rising from approximately 13,178 in 2018 to 41,716 in 2023, according to …
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The Ontario Nurses’ Association has launched an advertising campaign calling attention to workplace violence against nurses, citing what the union describes as …
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Nurses and health-care professionals at the North York Family Health Team went on strike Oct. 20 over the failure to reach a …
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Labour Relations
Saskatchewan nurses union hits back at province on overcrowding in hospital hallways
Saskatchewan’s nurses union is firing back at the provincial health authority over patient overcrowding in a hallway inside the province’s largest hospital. …
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FeaturedImmigrationWorkforce Statistics
Immigrant nurses in Canada often shift careers after arrival, study shows
More than one-third of immigrants who came to Canada intending to work as nurses were not employed in the profession by 2021, …
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Nurses across New Brunswick have voted to accept a tentative collective agreement reached with the provincial government earlier this month. The deal …


