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OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 6, 2022 /CNW/ - The Honourable Daniel Vandal, Minister of Northern Affairs, will be traveling to Nunavut, the Northwest Territories a

The hourly wage increase that personal support workers (PSWs) in Ontario have received over the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic could soon become permanent, according to a new piece of legislation tabled by the Progressive Conservative government on Tuesday.

Wendy McNeil resigned Dec. 12 as a critical-care nurse at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North in northern Ontario after a 40-year career, saying she felt unsafe in an under-resourced health-care system that's felt further pressure during the pandemic.

On Tuesday, service providers and community members remembered 116 people who died in Salt Lake City this year while homeless. One national organization is pointing out the role camp abatements play in the health outcomes for unsheltered people.

Salt Lake City business owners and members of the Pioneer Park Coalition blasted the current crime situation ravaging the area, calling on city leaders to step in.

In a statement on Twitter, the Queensway Carleton Hospital advertised its hiring registered nurses for its emergency department.

Deseret News Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall unveils budget proposal for 2021-2022 Share this story Steve Griffin, Deseret News As Utah turns a corner on the COVID-19 pandemic, now the fastest growing state in the nation, the capital city faces a “new frontier, a historic and critical” turning point, with the chance to invest millions into needs including racial equity, affordable housing and homelessness. That’s what Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall told the Salt Lake City Coun...

Social workers. Affordable housing. How Salt Lake City’s mayor wants to spend tax dollars Katie McKellar © Steve Griffin, Deseret News Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, center, is pictured during a press conference at the City-County Building on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. As Utah turns a corner on the COVID-19 pandemic, now the fastest growing state in the nation, the capital city faces a “new frontier, a historic and critical” turning point, with the chance to inves...

| Updated: 4:25 a.m. As Salt Lake City emerges from a year marked by economic uncertainty, a reckoning with racial injustice and an ongoing public health crisis, Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the community now confronts a turning point. It’s time, she said, to “blaze a new trail.” The mayor presented her recommended budget, which includes a general fund of just under $350 million, for fiscal 2021-22 on Tuesday night to the City Council. Mendenhall said a big infusion of federal cas...

Nearly 80% of the money budgeted for Operation Rio Grande was used for policing, jail beds and court costs Bethany Rodgers © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Police continued policing the removal of homeless camps for the second day near the Rio Grande area, Dec. 10, 2020. Nearly $8 of every $10 allocated by state and local governments for Operation Rio Grande, a massive safety and social services campaign, were spent on cour...