In other news, the strike by nurses in Saskatchewan is over.
The provincial goverment and the nurse's union signed a memoramdum of understanding this morning-- cleaing the way for contract negotiations to resume and for nurses to return to work.
The ten-day walkout crippled the province's healthcare system.
And as Jonathan Shanks reports, a full recovery will take sometime.
J.s>With signature from both sides, Saskatchewan's nurses strike was over.
"And do you want to thank each other?"
J.s>The handshake masks the bitterness this strike generated, 8,400 nurses from every hospital in the province on the picket lines demanding more money.
The nurses wanted the wage increase of 22 per cent over three years.
The government was offering 6 per cent.
"We are calling on registered nurses to go back to work."
The government passed legislation ordering nurses back to work."
The nurses defied it. Then the hospitals went to court and got an injunction.
The nurses ignored that too.
Today emergency department reopened as the ten-day strike ended, and nurses returned to work.
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