Labor & Employment

48 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) employed by CapitalCare in Edmonton will be losing their jobs. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) says it's due to a $3 million funding cut by Alberta Health Services (AHS).

Nurses and doctors in Saskatchewan are vulnerable to lawsuits under an existing agreement that allows doctors to delegate their duties to nurses, their regulatory agencies say. The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association (SRNA) approached the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan's council last week in an effort to come to a new arrangement to solve the problem.

A Toronto doctor who lost his licence more than 10 years ago for having an intimate affair with a teenage patient is re-applying to get it back.

Dr. Eric Hoskins has worked in war zones. But politics is a whole other kind of battle.