By Anne-Marie Tobin, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - For the first time in 30 years, the number of nurses graduating in Canada has exceeded 9,000, but the total still falls short of the number needed to meet current and future demand, says a new report.

Canada Post today issued a domestic rate (52 cents) stamp celebrating the centennial of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA). The CNA is a federation of 11 provincial and territorial nurses' associations and colleges representing more than 133,700 registered nurses and nurse practitioners.

By Maria Babbage, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - Canada should be proud of its nurses whose courage and sacrifice have put them on the front lines of health care throughout the country's history, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.

By Kellen, Joy On the surface, the concept of primary health care seems straight forward. It is a set of ideas that have been around since Florence Nightingale's time. In 1861 she wrote: "It is mere childishness to tell us that it is not important to know what houses people live in...