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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 atContinue Reading

On social media, it’s billed as a lucrative side gig; an easy way to make obscene amounts of money. Millions a month, according to “MissMargariita1” on TikTok, where her profile links to tips and resources to set up an online store. Enough to buy a private jet, assures TikToker “JoshCarterECom” in one ofContinue Reading

Canada Join the U.S.? No way, according to most Canadians polled in two recent surveys. However one of the surveys found a sizable chunk of Canadians, nearly a quarter, were at least open to the idea. One poll found 25 per cent of Americans were also supportive of a mergerCBCContinue Reading

Canada Walmart updated its logo for the first time in nearly 20 years. The internet has thoughtsThe retailer boasted in a news release that the new look reflects its evolution. Walmart applauded its colour palette (true blue and spark yellow), font (“everyday sans”) and trademark “spark” symbol, calling the latter “aContinue Reading

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.  We could be talking about laundry just as easily as we could be describing decades of research on the household division of labour. Like the laundry that never goes away, research on the gender gap has shown us the same pattern over and over: women still take on moreContinue Reading

Pauline Frost, chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in northern Yukon, usually looks forward to late January, when the winter sun returns to her Arctic village. This year, however, feels different to Frost. The predictable return of longer days happens to coincide with something much less predictable, and hugely consequential: Donald Trump’s return to theContinue Reading

Cyberattack hits hundreds of schools across Canada Parents and caregivers across Canada were informed of a data breach involving software named PowerSchool, which is used across North America to store student information. A flurry of school-related emails hits parents’ inboxes most weeks — from pizza lunch flyers to school tripContinue Reading

Donald Trump’s repeated musings about Canada becoming part of the United States have — unsurprisingly — raised hackles in Ottawa. “There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell,” shot back Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while the Finance Minister Dominic Le Blanc noted, “The joke is over.” Opposition leaders are similarly irked, with Conservative Pierre Poilievre asserting “Canada will never beContinue Reading

Calgary There’s a new limit on the interest rates Canadians are charged when they take out high-interest loans — a move aimed at preventing what the federal government calls “predatory lending practices.” Industry officials worry more Canadians could turn to illegal lending services Karina Zapata · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading