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- 7/24/2013
Disabled pharmacist suing former employer for wrongful dismissal
Joseph Zorek, who worked for a pharmacy chain for 40-plus years despite having MS, alleges he was fired because of his disability - 7/23/2013
Toronto Public Health vs. Jenny McCarthy, ex-playmate: Who'll win?
When the city of Toronto’s public health department stated that Jenny McCarthy be removed from an American talk show, many commentators were left wondering: What does Toronto have to do with a TV show? - 7/23/2013
Will Ontario hospitals and healthcare union enter 'a new era' of labour negotiations?
SEIU Healthcare sends hospitals registered letters, informing them that labour negotiations will now take place on a workplace by workplace basis - 7/23/2013
B.C. implements first province-wide cardiac information system in Canada
VANCOUVER | Cardiac Services BC, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), has successfully implemented what it says is the first province-wide cardiac information system in Canada to support clinical care, quality assurance and improvement, and outcome-based research. - 7/22/2013
Meet the Montreal physician giving Doctors without Borders a rethink
MONTREAL | After campaigning on an ambitious agenda that includes a “change of mindset” toward increased preventative care in conflict zones, Montreal physician Dr. Joanne Liu was elected as president of Médecins Sans Frontières this month. - 7/22/2013
Press Review - July 23, 2013
Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - <strong>Top Story: </strong>Bedbugs reality in Hamilton hospitals. Read this and more. - 7/22/2013
Welcome to farmacy
I bet many of you already feel as though corporations treat pharmacists like cattle. Things will only get worse if Loblaw is allowed to buy Shoppers. - 7/22/2013
ONA requests immediate government action to stop workplace violence against nurses
The Ontario Nurses' Association is calling for a meeting with the Premier and Ministry of Health to work together with the union to develop strategies to keep nurses safe on the job. - 7/22/2013
Nurses union files grievance
Fearing patient care will be negatively affected if layoffs continue, the United Nurses of Alberta recently filed a grievance against Alberta Health Services. - 7/22/2013
Nurses demand national action on health care
The CFNU President Linda Silas and representatives of Canada's provincial nurses unions will be present in Niagara-on-the-Lake during the Council of Federation meetings this week.