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Body Count: The human cost of financial barriers to prescription medications

OTTAWA, May 1, 2018 – Canada’s nurses unveiled a new study today – the first of its kind in Canada – that reveals the number of people in Canada who die or fall ill because prescription medications are unaffordable. The study, entitled Body Count, confirms that shortfalls in prescription drug coverage result in daily deaths and illness among people…

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CONTACT - April 2018

Pre-Annual Meeting The Board of Directors held their Pre-Annual Meeting on April 24 in Moose Jaw, in preparation for the upcoming Annual Meeting, as well as discuss the current political, professional and strategic environments.  The following is a summary of the financial and business decisions made at this meeting. BOARD DECISIONS The Board approved the request to…

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Registered nurses bring Saskatchewan's HIV crisis out of the shadows

[Moose Jaw, SK] Today, Saskatchewan’s registered nurses are shining a spotlight on the province’s HIV epidemic with the premiere of a 12-minute documentary to almost 500 delegates at the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses’ (SUN) annual meeting in Moose Jaw. With a staggering new infections rate of more than two times the Canadian national average and an 800 per cent increase in 2016…

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SUN Response to Strom Appeal Decision

As the provincial union representing more than 10,000 front-line registered nurses in Saskatchewan, we are in a state of disbelief regarding Justice Currie of the Saskatchewan Court of the Queen’s Bench’s decision to uphold the SRNA Discipline Committee's verdict concerning the Carolyn Strom case. While our organization and legal team still need time for an in-depth review of the…

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An Open Letter To SUN Members Affected By The Humboldt Tragedy

Dear fellow registered nurses,   On Friday, the community of Humboldt, and our entire province and nation, experienced an unthinkable catastrophe that impacted and shattered so many lives. The horrific accident between the Humboldt Broncos Junior Hockey Team bus and a tractor-trailer tragically claimed 16 lives far too soon and left many others injured or in critical condition.   As the…

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