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Contract deal reached with NSGEU nurses
The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees' Union has reached a contract settlement with the Capital Health District affecting 2,460 nurses. Read More......(read more)
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Feds to consider tax break for volunteers
Federal politicians are expected to once again consider providing tax breaks to volunteer emergency workers during debate in the House of Commons Monday. Read More......(read more)
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Raise medicare fees or we're out, Quebec dentists say
Quebec dentists are giving the province 30 days to increase the medicare fee structure or else they'll opt out of the system and stop providing free treatment to children and people on social...
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Home-care labour crunch at crisis point, managers say
A bustling job market in the St. John's area is draining home-care workers, and a labour shortage won't improve as long as wages remain well below national standards, an agency owner warns. Read...
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One-third of Nunavut health jobs vacant, MLAs told
Nunavut's Health and Social Services Department is struggling to find health workers to fill numerous job vacancies, MLAs in the legislative assembly learned Monday. Read More......(read more)
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Neurologists warn of service shortage in Ontario
The Association of Ontario Neurologists is calling for more funding from the province to alleviate a shortage of doctors they say is compromising the health of Ontario's aging population. Read...
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Dental surgeons threaten to quit welfare plan over fees
Quebec dental surgeons are threatening to opt out of a program that provides free dental care to children and people on welfare if they can't reach an immediate contract agreement with the provincial...
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Demand for 24 per cent raise rebuffed, nurses seek conciliation
The Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses' Union said Tuesday it is seeking conciliation to resolve a bargaining stalemate with the provincial government. Read More......(read more)
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U.S. food and drug regulator to add 1,300 jobs
The key U.S. food and drug regulator has announced a rapid hiring surge to boost its work to protect public health. Read More......(read more)
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Looking for solutions to nursing crunch: Eastern Health
The largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador is meeting with its nurses about what some have called "dire and unacceptable" staffing levels in some units. Read More......(read more)
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Nurses' union opposes moving staff between hospitals
The P.E.I nurses union says it's against a provincial plan to move nursing staff between Island hospitals in order to fill a staffing shortage. Read More......(read more)
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Toronto mental health centre faces 9 charges for not protecting workers
Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, whose staff members have complained they are at the mercy of violent patients, has been charged with violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act,...
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