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REGINA – Problems in health care continued to be the theme for the NDP this week as they released new information painting a dim picture on the front lines. Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck stood not far from Pasqua Hospital in Regina and revealed details from an internal briefing note from Saskatchewan Government and General […]

REGINA – The opposition New Democrats released another campaign pledge on Monday, pledging to hire more permanent doctors and nurses to the province. At their latest pre-election campaign announcement in Regina, NDP Leader Carla Beck pledged to invest $1.1 billion in critical frontline services to train and retain and hire doctors, nurses and specialists.  Beck […]

REGINA – Construction of the new parkade for Regina General Hospital has reached the milestone of 80 per cent completion. Government officials including Premier Scott Moe, Health Minister Everett Hindley, and Minister for SaskBuilds Terry Jenson marked the occasion at a media event inside the parkade Wednesday afternoon. The structure itself is now up on […]

49 E-R Nurses at St Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon have written a letter to the Minister of Health Everett Hindley to talk about several issues, but the big concern is “agency nurses”. These are qualified nurses who are brought in on an as needed basis. They get higher wages, and accommodation is paid for by […]

The health care issue dominated the Legislative Assembly again Wednesday as the Opposition hammered the government on issues of shortages of health care specialists. Opposition Leader Carla Beck again raised the issue in Question Period of the lack of any pediatric gastroenterologists based in the province — an issue that has been raised more than once in the […]

The Government of Saskatchewan announced that it is developing a second phase of improvements to its pathway for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs). By September, Saskatchewan will be ready to implement a second series of improvements for IENs, including: A shorter bridging program that will build on an applicant’s existing knowledge but also provide solid grounding […]

Efforts to lure nurses from other provinces are underway in several parts of the country, but the head of a national nurses association says the poaching won’t solve anything unless working conditions are improved. “We know that nurses are facing inadequate working conditions, and that is the main reason many are leaving their jobs,” Sylvain […]

Canada’s representatives of frontline nurses were in Ottawa this week to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos, and Minister of Seniors Kamal Khera. The nurses discussed critical actions needed to tackle the dire shortage of nurses and save Canada’s public health care system. Tracey Zambory, the president of the Saskatchewan […]

After the Government of Saskatchewan announced COVID-19 changes, the Saskatchewan Union of Nures (SUN) isn’t happy with what was rolled out. The province no longer requires a PCR test for asymptomatic residents if a positive test is found during a rapid home test and has also announced isolation restrictions moving from ten to five days. […]

New collective bargaining agreements involving the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) and the Service Employees’ International Union West (SEIU-West) have been ratified with the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO). The financial settlement in the SEIU-West collective agreement includes zero per cent, zero per cent, one per cent, two per cent, two per cent and […]