Nursing - News April 2, 2011

Layton would help hire more doctors, nurses Apr 1, 2011 1:20 PM Et a "... (CBC News)
NDP Leader Jack Layton announces a plan to hire and train more family doctors as he makes a campaign stop at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ont.

Mine workers rally in Pa. for public employees (Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel)
Thousands of union coal miners and supporters from several states tried to fuel an uprising in southwestern Pennsylvania on Friday, proclaiming themselves ready to mobilize for the war they say is being waged on organized labor in the United States.

IOL pic apr 1 electricity pylons (Independent Online)
Swaziland's economic crisis has left the government unable to pay its electricity bill, with arrears mounting to $2-million , the Times of Swaziland reported Friday.

Layton unveils health-care plan (Leader Post)
NDP leader Jack Layton has unveiled a health-care plan that's nearly identical, albeit cheaper, than the one his party released during the last election campaign.

Mother talks of East Lancashire hospice in her final days (Lancashire Telegraph)
PRIMARY school teacher Janet Norris fought cancer for three and a half years. Described by her family as a 'popular and much-loved' mum, she passed away at East Lancashire Hospice last month.

Election 2011: Follow the leaders - Day 7 (National Post)
Has it been a week already? The election's seven day mark will concentrate leaders in the central/eastern part of the country, perhaps giving the Prairies and Western provinces a little reprieve.

Honouring nurses (BBC)
Ethel Lote had to grow up "in a couple of days" when she began her nursing career in a military hospital in Staffordshire during the Second World War.

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