James Fortinwah
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Pierre Poilievre easily survives leadership review with 87 per cent support
47Absolutely anything would be better than the current liberal party mess...
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Northern Heights replaces aging Water’s Edge facility in North Bay
BayToday 11Just like Cassellholme, they will be understaffed and overworked. It isn't surprising that workers leave to work at the hospital, especially PSWs. Care suffers when the bottom dollar is all that matters.
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Line of stretchers is part of hospital protest
BayToday 9Staffing shortage? It can take six months for nurses to just get an interview. I know fantastic RNs who have applied over a dozen times and never heard anything back. People need to wake up. The NBRHC isn't in a hurry to hire anyone. They save a lot of money by forcing their current staff to work short. The ridiculously bloated managerial and administrative salaries are destroying the place. Don't even get me started on the horribly toxic work environment...
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Meet the so-called 'bed-blockers' in Ontario's hospitals
BayToday 9Long-term care facilities are not capable of handling patients with complex needs. It's honestly as simple as that.
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Snow White: Rachel Zegler is spellbinding in Disney’s simple musical
BayToday 7The movie was as insufferable as its lead character.
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Province announces $11M boost for area hospitals amid layoffs at North Bay hospital
BayToday 10Of course, not a single manager/administrator lost their job. Cutting frontline staff was the worst possible decision. How could that NOT affect patient care? What a clown show... I feel sorry for the nursing staff there.
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North Bay receives $400K for exceeding housing target
BayToday 5That's great, but they're all $1,000,000 each. Who can afford them?
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BREAKING: Bonnie Crombie says she'll stay on with disappointing 57 per cent in leadership review
BayToday 5The entire Liberal party needs to go...
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Hospital parking rate increases have kicked in
BayToday 2They could use the extra money to pay for much needed frontline staff instead of bloated managerial salaries...
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Ontario proposes suite of ‘tough on crime’ changes to justice system
BayToday 3The current catch and release system clearly isn't working...
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Fedeli announces $250,000 in funding for local long term care homes
BayToday 2He may want to look at staffing these facilities properly first, especially Cassellholme. Also, the people with "complex needs" are generally physically and verbally aggressive. No wonder people don't want to work in long-term care anymore.
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Ontario urged to adopt nurse-patient ratio amid retention crisis
BayToday 1The hospitals will fight ratios until the end because it would majorly affect their profit margin. And that's generally all they care about.
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Council to begin 2026 budget talks with 4.58 per cent tax levy increase on the table
BayToday 2Citizens can't afford any more taxes. We're getting taxed to oblivion in Canada...
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College faculty give five-day notice of start of labour action
BayToday 2How much money is enough? None of my child's instructors make less than $126,000 per year. The greed is ridiculous. The union is holding students hostage and pretending that they're doing it for the students benefit. Stop the nonsense.
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10 specialized beds for Eastholme
BayToday 1On my last visit to Eastholme, I noticed that most residents couldn't understand the foreign staff. There was only one local worker who could clearly answer any of my questions. That seems to be a bigger problem than fancier beds, no?
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Local nurses and CUPE criticize Fedeli over healthcare cuts
BayToday 1Yes, frontline staffing shouldn't be cut, but they also shouldn't be handed overtime like it's candy, either. According to the Sunshine List 2024, the top RN earner made $250,000 and a PSW (yes, a PSW!) made $176,000. Who's signing off on that ridiculous amount of overtime and why? Something is clearly wrong there...
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North Bay 'profoundly affected' by Ford government's privatization of hospital services: report
BayTodayMaybe the NBRHC should actually hire nurses? I've personally applied twenty-five times for a job there. TWENTY. FIVE. TIMES. That wasn't a type. It's the exact same story with almost every other nurse I know. The hospital saves a ton of money and basically forces its staff to work short every day. People need to wake up...
- James Fortinwah
Layoffs will have no impact on services says hospital president
BayTodayHow can reducing staff NOT negatively affect outcomes when they're already short staffed? If you want to have RPNs take over RN tasks, then you'll have to increase their pay. A good idea would be to stop paying massive managerial salaries or stop paying ridiculously high RN double wages.
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Union-led car rally circles North Bay hospital amid job cut concerns
BayTodayPretty hard to do when the people at the top are the ones making the cuts...
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