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Two Canadians are among the activists detained by Israel after the boats they were sailing on were intercepted overnight during a mission to break the nearly 20-year naval blockade of Gaza, Canadian flotilla organizers said Thursday. The Global Sumud Flotilla identified the Canadians as Marie Tota and Umir Tiar. Tota …
Read More »Ontario hospital nurse tells inquest she never spoke to Heather Winterstein on day she died, staff overwhelmed
The triage nurse who initially assessed Heather Winterstein on the day she died of sepsis in 2021 says she never spoke to the 24-year-old patient and didn’t take her vital signs after paramedics had, explaining to a coroner’s inquest that staff were overwhelmingly busy. Andrea Demery testified Thursday that her …
Read More »‘There’s no due process’: ICU nurse, army veteran among U.S. citizens caught in ICE dragnet
Amanda Trebach, an intensive care nurse who has been trying to keep her migrant patients safe from immigration raids, never expected American law enforcement to use the same kind of violence against her, a U.S. citizen. But video filmed and posted by fellow organizers during one confrontation with U.S. Immigration …
Read More »Kentucky nurse gives CPR to drunk baby raccoon trapped in a dumpster
As It HappensKentucky nurse gives CPR to drunk baby raccoon she found drowning in a dumpster When Misty Combs found a baby raccoon, drunk on fermented peaches and drowning in a dumpster, she knew she had to try to save it. As a nurse, Combs was well aware of the …
Read More »‘There was no murder’: British nurse Lucy Letby wrongly convicted, says Canadian doctor
Canadian doctors are leading a group of international medical experts who believe that Britain’s most prolific child killer of modern times may have been wrongly convicted. Lucy Letby, the former neonatal nurse, was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting to …
Read More »No immediate plans to close private Ontario nurse practitioner clinics despite new guidance
The Ford government has no immediate plans to shut down for-profit nurse practitioner clinics in Ontario despite receiving clear direction from the federal government on the gradual elimination of the fee-for-service facilities. The province has been under pressure from health-care advocates and political opponents to tackle the rise of private …
Read More »The anesthesiologist shortage is now a ‘full-blown crisis.’ Should Canada use nurse anesthetists?
White Coat Black Art26:30Should Canada have nurse anesthetists? The effects of a shortage of anesthesiologists could be improved if specially trained nurses were allowed to provide anesthesia care — something they do in the United States, nursing advocates say. But physicians’ groups have pushed back against the idea in at …
Read More »Nurse ‘forced’ to leave Canada for endometriosis treatment over lack of help
1:18 Nurse ‘forced’ to leave Canada for endometriosis treatment over lack of help Global News had heard from dozens of women across Canada about the struggle to access care for endometriosis, several of whom are now seeking or have sought help outside of Canada. This is Part 1 of a …
Read More »N.S. girl saved by off-duty nurse when rogue wave pulled her out to sea
A nurse is being hailed a hero after her quick response saved the life of a 12-year-old who had been pulled out into the ocean by a rip current while enjoying a day at the beach in Nova Scotia. Now, Sarah Poulin is hoping to find the nurse who saved …
Read More »‘It starts with 20’: New practical nurse training centre opens in Neepawa, Man. – Winnipeg
A new health care-related training centre opened in Neepawa, Man., Monday afternoon, in an effort to address rural staffing shortages. Assiniboine Community College (ACC) will offer a two-year practical nursing program as the first program hosted by the facility, which used to be an RCMP detachment, adding 25 new seats. …
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