Public fights brewing between Alberta government and doctors, nurses groups

It seems the province and two major factions of its health-care system — nurses and doctors — are headed for showdowns. After nearly a full month of mediation talks with the United Conservative Party government, the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA) — the union that represents more than 30,000 health employees including registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses — says negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement have come to an end with the two sides "far