Labor & Employment

Selling off medicare piece by piece the wrong approach
Ottawa Hospital cuts nursing jobs

The union representing nurses at The Ottawa Hospital says it has been told more than a dozen positions are being eliminated, with still more cuts likely to come.
Nova Scotia pharmacist jailed for bilking health program

Joanna Ford, 46, sentenced to one year in a provincial jail after pleading guilty to bilking a Health Canada program for First Nations communities of more than $300,000 over two years.
Ottawa pharmacist sentenced to two years for child luring charges

On September 28, 2012 a 41-year-old Ottawa pharmacist received a two year (less a day) jail sentence for child luring, sexual interference, and criminal harassment.
Mental maps to a new governance model

In today’s increasingly demanding healthcare environment, boardroom conversations need to be more than just an exercise in reviewing data and allocating resources
Nursing station used medical flights to shop, report alleges

The RCMP has also been asked to step in.
PANS looks for its first student rep

The Pharmacy Association of Nova Scotia (PANS) has just closed nominations that call for the first ever student representative to sit on the PANS Board.
Canadian MD faces new charges in $375M U.S. fraud probe

U.S. officials laid a fresh charge against a former Canadian physician accused of taking part in a huge health fraud ring in Texas.

B.C. pharmacist sentenced for charges of break and enter, mischief