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October 1, 2008
The Report: October / November 2008 vol.29 num.4 by REID JOHNSON

Profession leader advocates for sonographers

October 1, 2008
The Report: October / November 2008 vol.29 num.4 by CAROLE PEARSON

Sharing skills, saving lives

October 1, 2008
The Report: October / November 2008 vol.29 num.4 by LAURA BUSHEIKIN

Scheduling vacations

October 1, 2008
The Report: October / November 2008 vol.29 num.4 What are the general guidelines you recommend for scheduling vacations? What happens if my vacation gets cancelled because of staff shortages?  

Big winner to be fight against cancer

September 26, 2008
Prince Rupert Daily News By Patrick Witwicki The Run for the Cure is back for another lap. Last year, CIBC's Run for the Cure made its debut in Prince Rupert, and was considered a moderate success. Not necessarily from the funds that were raised -- although the B.C. provincial total was impressive at $26 million -- but with the number of participants. Event coordinator Marcella Navarro didn't hesitate to get involved with the run again. "It will take us a few years to get the numbers up, to like Prince George (numbers)," she said.

OHSAH Health & Safety Update

September 25, 2008
Team OHSAH Team OHSAH successfully completed the Hoodoo 500 ultra-cycling race through 835 km of the Utah Canyonlands. From September 13-15, eight OHSAH employees undertook this physical and mental challenge to raise funds for the BC Cancer Foundation.

Poison food crisis shows Harpers contempt for government

September 24, 2008
'How many more people must die before the Harper government realizes that public health and safety must always transcend the boundaries of ideology?' James Clancy, National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)

Getting word out on mammograms

September 23, 2008
Prince George Free Press By Allan Wishart Shirley Bond made one thing clear when speaking at the Pine Centre Mall on Friday. "It is literally a matter of life and death," the Prince George-Mount Robson MLA said at the Telus Tour for the Cure exhibit on breast cancer. "Many women still believe if they are diagnosed with breast cancer, it's a death sentence."

A NAFTA challenge to Medicare ... the other shoe dropping?

September 23, 2008
By Larry BrownNational Secretary-TreasurerNational Union of Public and General Employees Canadian governments have made our public health care and other social programs very vulnerable to attack by private for profit companies outside of Canada. They have done that by signing trade deals like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Weve known that for years î º and for years weve been warning them and nervously waiting for the other shoe to drop, for someone to actually challenge our public programs.

Vote Public Health Care!

September 18, 2008
BC Health Coalition calls on British Columbians to vote for federal candidates who support public solutions to health care challenges. The BC Health Coalition is calling on voters to elect federal candidates who will commit to standing up in support of Medicare and oppose the growth of for-profit health care.

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