2006: News Archive

HSA members are invited to attend the official opening for the TELUS Tour for the Cure in Fort St. John on Saturday, July 22 at 11 a.m. at the Totem Mall.The TELUS Tour for the Cure is an informative and interactive exhibit that will travel to communities across British Columbia over the next eight months to promote the value and...

HSA members are invited to attend the official opening for the TELUS Tour for the Cure in Prince George on Saturday, July 15 at 11 a.m. at the Pine Centre Mall.The TELUS Tour for the Cure is an informative and interactive exhibit that will travel to communities across British Columbia over the next eight months to promote the value and...

TheHealth Science Professional Bargaining Association (HSPBA) has reachedagreement with the Health Employers Association of British Columbia concerningthe terms of transfer for Cardiology Technologists. Theagreement is effective February 22, 2006 ... the date the Labour Relations Boarddetermined that Cardiology Technologists, including ElectrodiagnosticTechnologists, are in the Health Science Professional bargaining unit and arerepresented by HSA. Thetransfer agreement confirms that HEABC has directed...

HSA has formed a provincial team to participate in the Run for the Cure, to be held Sunday, October 1 across Canada and in ten communities across B.C.: Abbotford/Fraser Valley, Castlegar, Golden, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Port McNeill, Prince George, Vancouver, and Victoria.Family, friends and colleagues are welcome to join the Health Sciences Association team.

On the day that Gordon Campbell visited Surrey with an announcement of a new -outpatient centre\" to augment health care services in that city ... widely speculated to be the most bold introduction of private health care into our system ... the government\s strongest and most effective advocate for thoughtful, managed and successful public health care reform threw in the towel.

The HSA Committee for Equality and Social Action (CESA) is urging all HSA members in the Lower Mainland to participate in this years Walk for Peace, Justice and Sustainability on Saturday, June 24 in Vancouver. The walk is being held in conjunction with the World Peace Forum which was enthusiastically endorsed by delegates to HSAs 2006 annual convention in April...

"Please note date and time change" HSA members are invited to join HSA President Cindy Stewart at the official opening for the TELUS Tour for the Cure at Kelownas Orchard Park Shopping Centre Wednesday, June 21 at 12 noon. The TELUS Tour for the Cure is an informative and interactive exhibit that will travel to communities across British Columbia over...

One out of every six Members of Parliament had a delegation of working women from their home constituency knocking on the door of their Ottawa office this week with a message to deliver. In town for the 13th Canadian Labour Congress Womens Conference, the 350 women from across the country made their way to Parliament Hill to tell their MPs...

OTTAWA ... The good news of today's job numbers from Statistics Canadas Labour Force Survey raises concerns among working Canadians and their families that the Bank of Canada may take them, once more, as a reason to raise interest rates. -It is time for ordinary workers to share in the prosperity after almost two decades of stagnation of real wages...

Oslo - Citing ethical reasons, the Norwegian government has withdrawn more than $430-million (U.S.) in pension investments from two American corporate giants, Wal-Mart Stores and Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold.