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We are now accepting nominations for the Hospital Provincial Negotiating Team (HPNT). This page will give you all the information you need to prepare your candidate submission.

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Registered Nurses with Mill Creek Care Centre Vote to Join ONA

BARRIE, ON, November 21, 2025 – Twenty registered nurses (RNs) providing care at the Mill Creek Care Centre have voted to join the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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National Nursing Students’ Week 2025

We recognize the work and commitment of nursing students across Canada. They are the future of our profession.

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Nurses from Macassa and Wentworth Lodges Deliver Petition at City of Hamilton Committee Demanding Fair Contract

HAMILTON, ON, November 13, 2025 – Nurse representatives for more than 60 Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) members working for the City of Hamilton Macassa and Wentworth Lodges have delivered a petition and letter to members of the Emergency and Community Services Committee to demand a fair contract.

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Nurses, Workers Rally Outside North Bay Regional Health Centre to Oppose Recent Cuts

NORTH BAY, Wednesday, November 12, 2025 – Health-care workers at North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC), members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) and CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE), are rallying outside the hospital to protest underfunding and layoffs announced last month.  

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No Excuse for VON Not to Pay Fair for Home Care, Says Ontario Nurses’ Association as Province Provides $1 Billion in Extra Funding

TORONTO, ON, November 12, 2025 – The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is returning to the bargaining table with the Victoria Order of Nurses (VON) tomorrow and says it expects VON to come to the table ready to pay fair for home care.

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Nurses at Region of Waterloo Public Health Ratify New Three-year Agreement

WATERLOO, ON, November 5, 2025 – More than 120 registered nurses, members of the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), reached a new collective agreement with the Region of Waterloo Public Health (ROWPH) during a third round of conciliation. The new agreement includes progress on nurses’ top bargaining priorities of fair wage increases and benefits. It also clearly outlines the premiums and frequency of weekend work.

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Hundreds of Nurses, Health-Care Professionals Hold Vigil for Violence Survivors

TORONTO, ON, November 4, 2025 – Hundreds of nurses and health-care professionals from across the province are holding a vigil at the Nathan Phillips Square to commemorate and honour the lives of those impacted by violence. They are pushing for the implementation of safe staffing levels to help protect health-care workers, as part of a new campaign.

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“I am ONA”: With Renewed Fight, More than 1,000 Nurses, Health-care Professionals Meet in Toronto for Ontario Nurses’ Association Convention

TORONTO, ON, November 3, 2025 –More than 1,000 nurses, health-care professionals and leaders are gathering in Toronto from November 4 to 6 for the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) Biennial Convention, under the theme I am ONA. Over the course of this week, they will debate, vote and conduct official business, and reflect on the dramatic changes the last two years have brought for their union and health-care system.

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Atikokan General Hospital Health-Care Professionals Vote to Join ONA

ATIKOKAN, ON., October 31, 2025 – The medical laboratory technologists, technicians, x-ray and ultrasound technologists, radiation technologists and other health-care professionals at Atikokan General Hospital have voted to join the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA).

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Celebrate Nurse Practitioner Week 2025

We recognize the vital role that Nurse Practitioners (NPs) play in our health-care system and celebrate the work of our NP members during Nurse Practitioner Week, November 9-15.

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