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 …
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FeaturedLabour RelationsTraining & Development
Ontario awards $2 million to healthcare union’s staffing platform
The Province of Ontario has awarded $2 million to SEIU Healthcare’s WorkersFirst platform to enhance healthcare worker training and provide an alternative …
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Hundreds of nurses rallied at Queen’s Park Tuesday demanding better wages for home care workers as contract negotiations with the Victorian Order …
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FeaturedRecruitment
Canada’s health workforce has doubled since 1998, easing pressures of aging workers: Report
Canada’s health workforce has more than doubled over the past 25 years, driven by rising demand from an aging population, according to …


