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Nova Scotia

Helping save a life inspires N.S. nurse to push for more defibrillators in rural community

Eastern Shore nurse Pam Josey recalls a day last December when she was driving home from her clinic and noticed a man lying…

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Health

86-year-old retiring nurse recalls stretcher races, animal crackers and keeping it light for the team

Kathy Skinner, a nurse for 65 years who has worked in both Canada and the U.S., says she’s discovered a…

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Health

Fake nurse pleads guilty to assaulting patients by IV injection

A fake nurse who treated nearly 1,000 patients at medical facilities in Vancouver and Victoria wept Friday as she pleaded…

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Health

Book by assaulted N.B. nurse alleges ‘code of silence’ about workplace violence

A former Moncton hospital nurse who was brutally assaulted on the job five years ago has written a book about her road…

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Canada

I’m an army reservist and a nurse. I learned to keep the first job a secret

This First Person column was written by Jonathan Lodge, a Canadian Armed Forces reservist and nurse in Calgary. For more information…

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Health

Nurse 911 system in Niagara leads to less need for emergency ambulance responses

A rare 911 dispatch service in Ontario’s Niagara Region that includes nurses as part of the team responding to emergency…

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Sports

Canada’s Nurse helps lift Sparks past Storm on home soil in WNBA pre-season action

Canadian Kia Nurse had nine points in 19 minutes of action as the Los Angeles Sparks opened their WNBA pre-season…

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Health

Travel nurse who left rural job says N.L. is pushing people out of public health system

Stacey Button felt unsupported and overworked as a licensed practical nurse in Springdale, N.L. She says leaving and becoming a…

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Sports

Sarah Nurse hat trick against N.Y. helps Toronto secure home ice to open PWHL playoffs

Sarah Nurse scored two goals in the first period and finished with her first career hat trick as visiting Toronto…

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Health

New payment model will see Alberta’s nurse practitioners make 80% what family doctors make

The Alberta government has launched a new payment model it says will allow nurse practitioners to set up their own…

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