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During the question period on Wednesday, NDP MLA Meara Conway brought up a memo sent to all Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) staff that was leaked on Tuesday, showing the state of Saskatchewan’s hospitals. “Yesterday, I asked the health minister about his government’s ‘hush memo’ and the culture of fear he’s created in our public health care system,” Conway said. Conway said as usual, the minister downplayed the situation and said health care workers don’t have anything to fear when it comes to speaking out. “If that’s the case, then why did the three nurses speaking to CTV News yesterday feel…

A former registered nurse with Alberta Health Services (AHS) has filed a $3.7-million lawsuit alleging she was wrongfully dismissed over her views regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a 44-page statement of claim filed with the Court of King’s Bench in Calgary, Debra Carritt had worked in health care since 1993 as an emergency medical technician, paramedic and since 2012, with AHS as a registered nurse rising to the unit role manager. “Mrs. Carritt has a passion for health care and enjoyed her place of work,” the claim reads. “She endeavored to be a valuable, ethical, honest, dedicated and contributing…