Tag: BC Nurses’ Union

B.C. nurses to end provincewide job action after accepting mediators’ recommendations

Health Kate Brown -
The Nurses' Bargaining Association has ended provincewide job action after accepting settlement recommendations from special mediators, with outstanding compensation issues expected to proceed to binding arbitration this fall.

Majority of B.C. nurses back job action after contract talks reached impasse, says union

Health Emily Joveski -
The B.C. Nurses’ Union said its members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of job action.

‘We are not walking this path alone’: Lindsay Danchella’s sister

Community Greg Nesteroff -
Kelsey Batts spoke Tuesday in downtown Trail as part of a memory walk organized by the BC Nurses Union, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

Walk planned Tuesday in Trail for Lindsay Danchella

Community Greg Nesteroff -
Nurses will rally in Trail on the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women while remembering one of their own who was killed a year ago.

BC Nurses Union president says medical staff deal with 46 serious assaults each month

Provincial My Kootenay Now -
The B-C Nurses Union is calling for more protection for medical staff, following a serious assault on a nurse...

Memorial march for Lindsay Danchella being held in Trail on Thursday

RCMP Storrm Lennie -
Trail residents are invited to a memorial march on Thursday in honour of Lindsay Danchella.   Organized by the BC...

Interior Health nurses rally in preparation of contract renegotiations

Health Storrm Lennie -
Hundreds of nurses with Interior Health participated in a rally in Penticton today (Tuesday) to highlight their concerns and...

BC Nurses’ Union Leaders touring Kootenay hospitals this week

Health Kate Brown -
BC Nurses’ Union Leaders touring Kootenay hospitals this week BC Nurses’ Union president Adriane Gear has spent the week meeting...

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Politics
The B.C. Conservatives have secured another seat after the final vote results for this fall's provincial election, flipping a Burnaby riding from the NDP.

Doerkson names Angelo Isidorou to key senior role in latest staff appointments

Politics
B.C. premier-designate Lorne Doerkson has named three more senior staff to his office.

Federal housing plans hinge on provinces, experts say

Housing
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