As drug addiction took a greater and greater hold on their lives, nurses Genevieve Wright and Mona Helmer tapped into a ready supply to feed their habits, stealing narcotics from the Alberta hospitals where they worked.
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.
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.
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.
