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Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows
OTTAWA - Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly out...
Sep 02, 2024
Some Quebec seniors homes struggle to stay afloat due to regulations, rising costs
MONTREAL - Jacques Marchildon says sprinklers were the nail in the coffin for Villa Marie-Ange, the 14-person seniors residence he co-owns in St-Adelphe, Que. In the coming months, the two-storey buil...
Sep 01, 2024
Son of man who died in N.B. ER says premier using death to score 'political points'
FREDERICTON - The son of a 78-year-old man who died in a Fredericton emergency department after waiting to be seen for nearly seven hours says New Brunswick's premier is using his father's death to sc...
Aug 31, 2024
Health authorities reach tentative deal with 9,000 workers in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - A tentative contract deal has been reached between Nova Scotia's health authorities and three unions representing about 9,000 health-care workers. In a news release, the Council of Health Un...
Aug 30, 2024
Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract
MONTREAL - A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers dismissed the province's latest contract offer Friday and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19. Fdratio...
Aug 30, 2024
International student enrolment drops below federal cap: Universities Canada
OTTAWA - Fewer students are coming from abroad to study at Canadian universities this fall, and Universities Canada is warning that the numbers have dropped below the cap the federal government set on...
Aug 30, 2024
Health foundations donate $500k to new sonography training program
They say 'it takes a village,' and six charitable hospital foundations in Saskatchewan are taking teamwork seriously when it comes to improving the state of health care in the province. The six groups...
Aug 29, 2024 Alison Dubreuil, president and CEO of Suncrest College, says the first class of sonography students started their classes this week. Aug. 29, 2024 (Lisa Schick/980 CJME)
High cost of travel nurses helps drive deficit forecast in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government revealed Thursday that it expects to spend more than it collects in revenue in the 2024-25 fiscal year as it scrambles to cover health-care expenses, includi...
Aug 29, 2024
NDP says conditions deteriorating, ERs overflowing at Sask. hospitals
The Saskatchewan NDP says a troubling situation is unfolding at hospitals in Saskatchewan. On Tuesday, NDP Health Critic Vicki Mowat said conditions at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon are worse now t...
Aug 29, 2024
Doctors, nurses say Alberta plan to transfer hospitals alarming and concerning
EDMONTON - Alberta's doctors and nurses say they have questions and concerns about the government's plan to off-load underperforming hospitals to third-party operators. Dr. Paul Parks, president of th...
Aug 28, 2024
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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