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Provinces say rising costs, aging population demand a boost to health-care transfer. The federal health minister says she is unconvinced that putting more money into the federal health transfer to the provinces is the best way to improve the health-care system. Jane Philpott and her provincial counterparts are in the midst of negotiations for a new multi-year health accord. The…

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)…