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News that Saskatchewan and other provinces have come to a tentative agreement to improve — at a cost— the Canada Pension Plan has created some strange bedfellows. Larry Hubich, president of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, noted approvingly that the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce had spoken well of the plan. Meanwhile, Steve McLellan, CEO of the Saskatchewan Chamber…

The federal health minister is among the hundreds of nurses gathering in Saint John for the Canadian Nurses Association Biennial Conference. “Our New Brunswick Nursing Association is celebrating 100 years of their journey together and we are here to celebrate their centennial,” said Karima Velji, president of the Canadian Nurses Association. The event hasn't been held in…

[ONTARIO]  Patients will again pay the price when St. Joseph’s Care Group’s hospital site in Thunder Bay cuts 12 full-time registered nurses (RNs) and 14 part-time RNs in a variety of units. “Our vulnerable, complex St. Joseph’s patients are losing more than 40,000 hours of registered nurse hands-on care a year,” notes Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA)…

To date, the Supreme Court of Canada’s June 6, 2016 deadline for the Federal Government to have legislation in place for Medical Assistance in Dying has not been met.    Presently, patients have the ability to request medically assisted dying from a physician under the Carter decision of the Supreme Court and the applicable policy of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of…

Inaccurate, lacking research & evidence, insulting. Regina RN questions Leader Post pieces by Murray Mandryk and Steven Lewis in a letter to the editor: Murray Mandryk’s May 11 column, “Saskatchewan RNs must truly put patients first,” was incredibly offensive and disrespectful to this province’s RNs. I’m an RN at the Regina General and Pasqua hospitals; never…