Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, President of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA), released a statement on the appointment of Michael Balagus as chief of staff to Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Andrea Horwath.September 02, 2014Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, President of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) took the ALS ice bucket challenge today in front of the Charlton campus of St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton to protest registered nursing cuts.
Debra Lefebvre, a Canadian Registered Nurse and mother of four young children, travelled to Uganda in 2004. Debra witnessed the senseless loss of life and poverty caused by malaria, a disease spread through the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. Debra decided to take action. That year, Debra launched Buy-a-Net Malaria Prevention Group. Buy-a-Net's first net distribution occurred in the spring of 2006, in the village of Katoogo in Uganda.
Options for Homes Eastern Ontario ('Options') is a non-profit company dedicated to providing quality homes in great communities at the best possible price. Options strives to bring home ownership within the reach of families with family incomes as low as $40,000, a goal we wish to achieve with our communities in Kingston and beyond. Options for Homes communities in other cities have proven to be attractive to a wide range of income groups (from $40,000 to $100,000+).
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In 1884, delegates to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters' Fourth General Convention adopted this emblem to serve as a symbol of the union's ideals. After a century and a quarter, some of the items are no longer common on jobsites, but the values they represent remain a vital part of the Brotherhood.