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Whistleblower protections to expand to SHA employees after memo leak

Saskatchewan Union of Nurses president Tracy Zambory says the memo speaks to a greater issue of practitioners being "afraid to speak out." The government will move Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) employees to the list of those protected by provincial whistleblower law following the leak of a memorandum raising concerns about the organization’s transparency. Health…

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Information Mailout

Inside: Call for Leadership Award Nominations View mailout

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Staff say long-term care failing patients due to staffing shortages

When her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and began losing her ability to care for herself, Audrey Nerbas quit her job to take care of her mother full time. For seven years Nerbas spent day and night looking after her mother, until in 2011 they both realized they could not continue in that way. Nerbas began looking into long-term care homes. Her mother was assessed in May of…

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Bundle of Joy returns to collect baby items for Regina families in need

REGINA -- The Bundle of Joy campaign is back for another year, to help local families in need with help from Carmichael Outreach. Donations of baby formula, wipes and diapers are being accepted at the Northgate Mall. “We’re on the front lines and we see if families don’t have what they need to raise healthy children and that’s why being part of this great program is…

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Lest we forget

On Remembrance Day, we honour the men and women who served and sacrificed so much, leaving their families, friends and communities, to fight for our freedom – for a better life for all of us.  Nurses were the first women in the Canadian military.  It was in 1885 when Canada’s Nursing Sisters first took to the field, providing care to the Canadian troops sent to the…

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