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Make health a priority

BY TRACY ZAMBORY, AND LINDA SILAS:  http://www.thestarphoenix.com/health/make+health+priority/11361738/story.html  Tracy Zambory is  president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses. Linda Silas is president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. Health care is the single most important issue facing our country this election, yet our leaders have remained silent on it…

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Province hopes to respond to court decision before vote

BY WILL CHABUN, THE STARPHOENIX Provincial Labour Minister Don Morgan says the government has a plan to get itself out of the legal problem that followed the Supreme Court of Canada decision striking down its 2008 essential services legislation. "We're hopeful that we have a path forward," Morgan told the Leader-Post. "It's a work in progress," agreed…

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Labour Day Message: Playing a part in making the world a better place

I am because we are – Ubuntu. This single word represents an ancient African philosophy that embodies the very spirit of what it means to be human. Simply put, Ubuntu is about being kind, fair and generous to those around you. It’s about having a collective respect for human dignity. Ubuntu speaks to the fact that we are all interconnected and that we do not, and cannot,…

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Champions for Mental Health give Transition House a financial boost

North Battleford Transitional Living has received a $2,000 donation from the proceeds of this year's Champions of Mental Health Awards Banquet, organized by the North Battleford branch of the Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Saskatchewan. Committee member Cathy Watson presented the cheque recently, saying the relatively new housing unit is providing an important, previously unavailable…

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Canada's nurses ask federal party leaders who will become champion of health care this election?

Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 (Ottawa) – Today, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) released letters on behalf of nearly 200,000 nurses from across Canada, asking federal party leaders who will become the champion on the true vote deciding issue for Canadians in this federal election – health care.   “As frontline nurses and patient advocates it is our responsibility…

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