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Every day, nurses in Saskatchewan and across Canada are punched, kicked, spat on, sworn at and beaten, writes Linda Silas and Tracy Zambory. Canada’s provincial and territorial premiers are assembling in Saskatoon this week for their annual summit, and nurses unions from across the country will be on hand to deliver a clear message: Violence is not part of our job. Every day, nurses in…

"Just beyond the horizon, we envision a future where patients receive prescriptions solely based on medical need and never their ability to pay." An appeal to Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe: June 12, 2019 could go down as a major milestone in the history of health care in Canada. But the people of Saskatchewan need your help to make this so. On that day, an advisory council of…

Thousands of Nova Scotia health-care workers, including lab technologists, in-hospital paramedics and child psychologists, could be walking off the job soon. The health-care bargaining unit, which is made up of members of the Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union, CUPE, Unifor and the Nova Scotia Nurses Union, sent a message to its members Wednesday with…

Alberta's nurse practitioners say many new graduates are not finding jobs and they want a new funding model to address the situation. Nurse practitioners (NPs) have more training than RNs, allowing them to diagnose, order tests and prescribe drugs. Their services cost the province less than the same procedures billed to Alberta Health by doctors. But the president of the Alberta…

Members of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) working at the All Nations Healing Hospital in Fort Qu’Appelle have voted 100% in favour of ratifying a new two-year collective agreement. This comes after a tentative agreement was reached in late October after less than one day of bargaining. "This is great news and shows just how well collective bargaining can and does work under…