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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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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FeaturedLabour ShortagesRecruitment
Daycare shortages in small Manitoba town make it harder to hire nurses: Report
By Connor McDowell | Brandon Sun The Manitoba Town of Minnedosa’s struggle with daycare shortages has begun to repel healthcare professionals from the …
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FeaturedGovernment Policy & Budgets
Nurses group hopes premiers’ new sense of unity will lead to labour mobility
By Sarah Ritchie The Canadian Nurses Association says it hopes the new “united Team Canada” approach at the Council of the Federation will …
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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 …
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FeaturedImmigrationLabour RelationsTraining & Development
Federal government kicks in $500,000 to SEIU to help train internationally educated nurses
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberThe SEIU Healthcare Training Centre has received more than $500,000 in federal funding to expand a program that helps internationally educated nurses …
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Ontario’s hospital association is challenging a recent policy think tank report claiming hospitals spent billions on private staffing agencies, calling the analysis …
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FeaturedRetention
Second round of $5,000 nurse retention payments coming to New Brunswick
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberNew Brunswick nurses will receive another $5,000 retention payment as the province continues efforts to address staffing shortages in the healthcare system. …
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FeaturedImmigration
U.S. nurses find faster path to work in B.C. through streamlined process
by Todd Humberby Todd HumberBritish Columbia has drastically reduced registration wait times for U.S.-trained nurses from four months to just days, driving a 127 percent increase …


