Currently, nurses from across Ontario are negotiating a new contract. This includes nurses at Northumberland Hills Hospital and Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Exhausted from the pressures of getting through the pandemic, understaffing, and a wage cap imposed by the provincial government, many are upset.
The nurses are not taking this lying down. Over the next days and weeks, they intend to show their anger and frustration publicly. That is according to the Ontario Nurses' Association Interim President Bernie Robinson. She is on today's show and will discuss what her members here in Northumberland and across Ontario want.
After that, let's shift gears. A new bus service was introduced in the fall that would take Northumberland residents from here to the Oshawa GO station. You will get an update on how that service is doing.
