N.B. news: Nurse bonuses to be paid in December, January [Video]

FREDERICTON –

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is following through on one of her top election campaign promises by giving nurses across the province retention bonuses by January.

Holt announced Tuesday that 9,950 nurses will each receive a $10,000 lump-sum payment, as promised in October during the Liberals’ successful bid to oust the governing Progressive Conservatives led by Blaine Higgs.

On the campaign trail, Holt also promised an additional financial incentive to encourage nurses to stay in the workforce, promising they would each receive $5,000 in 2025.

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“Nurses play a critical role across our health-care and long-term-care systems here in New Brunswick,” Holt said in a statement.

“These retention payments are meant to show our respect to the hard-working nurses in our regional health authorities and nursing homes around the province and will help to ensure that we can …