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Nova Scotia

Review says N.S. wildfire response was ‘impressive,’ but finds staffing, training gaps

An independent review of the fires that destroyed more than 200 homes and burned 25,000 hectares of Nova Scotia forest…

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Health

Ontario nursing unions want staffing agencies phased out after fake nurse worked for 7 months

Ontario nursing associations say the province should phase out health-care staffing agencies if it wants to prevent untrained people from working in…

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Canada

Manitoba reviewing contract after staffing agency fails to bring over any doctors after 8 months

Manitoba’s health minister is examining why a staffing agency has little to show for itself after signing a contract to bring…

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Nova Scotia

Correctional officers protest at Province House over staffing levels in jails

Low staffing levels in Nova Scotia’s jails are once again garnering attention. The problem has led to inmates being locked in…

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Health

Ontario health-care workers ‘at their wits end’ over hospital staffing crisis: union

Health-care workers across Ontario “are at their wits end” due to the ongoing hospital staffing “crisis” taking a toll on…

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Health

This disability support worker says long OT hours put her close to breaking point amid a staffing crisis

Disability support worker Amanda Hodgkins says a “staffing crisis” at Community Living Essex County in southwestern Ontario has her “pretty close”…

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Health

Ontario to add 400 new primary care providers to deal with staffing shortage

Ontario is investing $110 million in an effort to connect more than 300,000 people to primary care teams, Health Minister…

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Health

How nursing staffing agencies are costing Ontario hospitals untold millions

Hospitals across Ontario have dramatically ramped up their use of nurses from private staffing agencies to the tune of untold…

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Health

Time to ‘think outside the box’ to fix Yukon hospital staffing challenges, doctor says

A doctor who works in Yukon says it’s time to find new ways to address the shortage in health-care workers — for…

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