Want to be sedated (for surgery)? Anesthesia assistants could help shorten wait times

White Coat Black Art26:30Meet the people who help sedate you One solution to a critical shortage of anesthesiologists in Canada could lie with increasing the ranks of anesthesia assistants, advocates say. “In a situation where we have a serious … access to surgical care issue, we have to think about creative solutions to move forward…

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P.E.I. vet college apologizes for asking artist to remove piece showing lemmings and U.S. flag

The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence, who quit after being asked to take down a painting he says was censored by the Charlottetown institution due to its political message. In a statement issued Friday morning, the college acknowledged that asking Christopher Griffin to either remove his painting, The Crossing, or leave his…

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U.S. regulators order corrective action after Keystone Pipeline spill in North Dakota

Federal regulators have ordered the operator of the Keystone Pipeline to take several corrective actions after a rupture earlier this week caused more than 556,000 litres of oil to spill onto farmland in North Dakota. The pipeline operator, Calgary-based South Bow, said its goal is to resume deliveries to refineries in the next few days. …

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Soulja Boy found liable for sexual assault of ex-assistant, ordered to pay $4 million US

A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant, awarding the woman more than $4 million US in damages.    The decision from the Los Angeles County jurors came after a three-week trial in Santa Monica, Calif.    The 34-year-old Soulja Boy, whose legal…

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Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, known for First Blood and Weekend at Bernie’s, dead at 94

Canadian Ted Kotcheff, whose six-decade career as film and television director included helming the first instalments of two hit movie franchises in the 1980s, died Thursday at age 94, his son confirmed to CBC News. “He died of old age, peacefully, and surrounded by love ones,” his son Thomas said in a statement Friday, adding his…

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