Monthly Archive: April 2010

Apr 29 2010

Schools ready for crisis

from Pierce County Herald.com In this day and age of mass shootings and terrorism, besides the continuing possibility of natural disasters, Ellsworth school officials are ready to respond. A school crisis plan has been compiled by district administrators and approved by the local school board. The 35-page document is intended to guide officials through the …

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Apr 28 2010

Front-Line Registered Nurses Mark 2010 Day of Mourning

from the Ontario Nurses’ Association The Ontario Nurses’ Association’s (ONA) 55,000 registered nurses and allied health professionals are today marking the 2010 Day of Mourning, honouring the thousands of workers who have lost their lives or been injured on the job. “It’s vital that we pause to remember the colleagues we have lost,” said ONA …

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Apr 28 2010

UK: Violence against staff in schools falls

By Calum Ross, The Press and Journal. Violence against staff in Aberdeen schools has fallen to a five-year low, new figures revealed yesterday. The number of violent incidents against employees in city secondary schools almost halved between 2007-08 and 2008-09, falling from 311 to 157. There was a similar downward trend in Aberdeen’s primary schools, …

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Apr 27 2010

P.E.I. can’t fall asleep on security issue

Editorial from The Guardian There was a time on Prince Edward Island when the premier of the day would curl up on a comfortable couch in Province House and take a nap. It’s unlikely Premier Robert Ghiz is sneaking in any catnaps these days, given the brickbats and such coming his way, but that’s another …

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