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Day after nurse sit-in in western Nunavik, union denounces employer actions

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Friday, January 20, 2023 at 15:36 — Last Updated: Monday, January 23, 2023 at 08:54
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The day after a sit-in by nurses in the western part of northern Quebec, their union is denouncing the employer

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Yukon government offers cash bonuses to attract and keep nurses

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 15:57
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‘An awful lot of other people deserve and should get something like this as well,’ union says The Yukon government

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Some Nunavut health centres could close for weeks because of staffing, gov’t says

CBC News
Posted: Monday, December 5, 2022 at 08:49
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Health department warns of more closures in several communities this winter The Nunavut government is warning of possible health centre

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Burnout, Indigenous reconciliation on agenda of new Yukon Medical Association pres.

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 09:11
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Dr. Alex Kmet took on new role after the association’s annual general meeting last weekend The new head of the

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Yukon nursing vacancies ‘very serious’ amid ongoing countrywide nursing shortage

CBC News
Posted: Friday, October 28, 2022 at 15:48
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Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee revealed that the vacancy rate in community nursing is currently over 40% The Yukon is experiencing

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Canadian paramedic shortage could put hitch in N.W.T. recruitment plan

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 11:11
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By Celeste Decaire · CBC News Provinces across the country struggling to keep paramedics on board The N.W.T. government is looking to

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A Nunavut health leader on how to use paramedics to solve a health staffing crisis

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 13:17
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Training, planning and communication are key to success, says Dr. Francois de Wet The Northwest Territories is contracting paramedics to

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Quebec rejects plea to send army to Nunavik to help with health worker shortage

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, August 11, 2022 at 09:45
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By Virginie Ann · The Canadian Press Region’s health board says it has been asking for reinforcements for weeks Quebec’s Health Ministry has

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Yukon’s medical travel subsidy still nowhere near enough, critics say

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 09:50
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‘You’re forced to look at, OK, is the care that I’m going for more important than being able to pay

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Ottawa health transfer boost wouldn’t be enough, says N.W.T. premier

Sidney Cohen, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2022 at 09:03
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The increase, suggested at a premiers’ meeting, would help but N.W.T. would need more, she told media How much would

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Hospital running at limited capacity in Canada’s Yukon territory

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at 11:46
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By Sissi De Flaviis · CBC News ‘It’s difficult to tell what’s driving this. We are busy, there’s no doubt about that,’

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Arctic Canada: Federal funding to pay for new water reservoir in Iqaluit, Nunavut

April Hudson, CBC News
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 14:41
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A new water reservoir system for Iqaluit and upgrades to the city’s water distribution system will be built over the

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Covid-19 no longer classified a ‘danger to society’ in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 09:30 — Last Updated: Friday, April 1, 2022 at 10:18
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After two years, from today, Covid-19 is no longer categorised as ‘a danger to society and a threat to public

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut set to stop posting weekly COVID-19 case counts

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 14:47 — Last Updated: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 14:50
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Public updates to Nunavut’s COVID-19 case counts aren’t coming as frequently as they once did, and the territory plans to

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Arctic Canada: Nunavut to ease public health measures in 15 communities

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at 10:05
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Fifteen Nunavut communities will be under less-restrictive public health measures starting Monday as their COVID-19 case counts subside. Chief Public

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