Sep 30, 2020 12:18 AM
Canadian Push for Medical Schools to Teach Euthanasia
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ca...uthanasia/
INTRO: You knew it would come to this. The push is on in Canada to persuade medical schools to teach students how to euthanize patients — that is, to commit homicide — known euphemistically as medical assistance in dying (MAID). Now, the Canadian Medical Educational Journal lists several suggestions on how to persuade medical schools to include lethal injection training in the curricula. From the study... (MORE)
Joyce Echaquan: Outcry in Canada over treatment of dying indigenous woman
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54350027
INTRO: A nurse has been fired from a Canadian hospital after a video emerged showing a dying indigenous woman screaming in distress and being insulted by staff. Quebec Premier Francois Legault said the nurse's remarks were "unacceptable" and "racist". He said Joyce Echaquan's death would be thoroughly investigated. It is the latest in a series of incidents that have raised questions about systemic racism faced by Canada's indigenous citizens. In 2015 a report found that racism against indigenous people in Canada's healthcare system contributed to their overall poorer health outcomes, compared to non-indigenous Canadians... (MORE)
Calgary rocket scientists shoot for the stars with new hybrid technology
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/c...-1.5742642
EXCERPTS: Rocket launches can end up in an impressive liftoff or catastrophic explosion, but a research group at the University of Calgary is looking at developing a type of rocket engine that is safe no matter what the scenario.
[...] Colin Hill, Craig Johansen and the team have been working for the past three years to solve an old problem in terms of hybrid fuel technology and rockets. "Hybrid rockets have actually been around for a long time, but they've kind of always been overlooked compared to the more common liquid and solid propellant rockets that are out there," said Hill. "The reason they've been overlooked is they didn't scale well. So it was hard to get a lot of thrust out of a motor. So the fuel that we're developing is actually going to solve that issue because it's a much higher burning rate than you get with more traditional fuels."
Hill says this technology is potentially safer and cheaper than traditional rocket fuels. Their hybrid engine uses solid, wax-based paraffin fuel and liquid nitrous oxide during combustion to create thrust... (MORE - details)
Trump approves permit for Alaska-Canada cross-border railroad line
https://apnews.com/article/don-young-don...da417b0747
EXCERPTS: President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved a permit for a proposed rail line connecting Alaska and Canada. So-called presidential permits are required for certain cross-border projects. Trump sent a tweet Friday announcing his intention to sign the permit for the A2A cross-border line between Alaska and Canada.
[...] The 1,600-mile (2,575-kilometer) railroad line would connect Alaska to Canada and the continental U.S., said Mead Treadwell, Alaska vice chair of Alaska to Alberta Railway, the company proposing the project. The route would run from Alaska’s Interior region through Canada’s Yukon to Alberta. Trains would carry passengers and commodities including grain, fertilizer, pipe, containers and sulfur, Treadwell said. The line would decrease the time required to move products between Asia and North America, Treadwell said.
[...] U.S. Rep. Don Young Young said in a statement that he has worked with the White House on the project that “will strengthen our country’s already close relationship with Canada and allow us to work hand-in-hand to responsibly develop our resources.” (MORE - details)
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Proposed railroad between Alberta and Alaska gets thumbs-up from Trump: . . . The U.S. only has jurisdiction over a small segment of the proposed railroad – about one-eighth of its total length – running southeast from Fairbanks to the Yukon border. Canadian authorities control the fate of the rest of the line, which, if built, would slice across Yukon and the southern border of the Northwest Territories before heading southeast to Fort McMurray... (MORE - details)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ca...uthanasia/
INTRO: You knew it would come to this. The push is on in Canada to persuade medical schools to teach students how to euthanize patients — that is, to commit homicide — known euphemistically as medical assistance in dying (MAID). Now, the Canadian Medical Educational Journal lists several suggestions on how to persuade medical schools to include lethal injection training in the curricula. From the study... (MORE)
Joyce Echaquan: Outcry in Canada over treatment of dying indigenous woman
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-54350027
INTRO: A nurse has been fired from a Canadian hospital after a video emerged showing a dying indigenous woman screaming in distress and being insulted by staff. Quebec Premier Francois Legault said the nurse's remarks were "unacceptable" and "racist". He said Joyce Echaquan's death would be thoroughly investigated. It is the latest in a series of incidents that have raised questions about systemic racism faced by Canada's indigenous citizens. In 2015 a report found that racism against indigenous people in Canada's healthcare system contributed to their overall poorer health outcomes, compared to non-indigenous Canadians... (MORE)
Calgary rocket scientists shoot for the stars with new hybrid technology
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/c...-1.5742642
EXCERPTS: Rocket launches can end up in an impressive liftoff or catastrophic explosion, but a research group at the University of Calgary is looking at developing a type of rocket engine that is safe no matter what the scenario.
[...] Colin Hill, Craig Johansen and the team have been working for the past three years to solve an old problem in terms of hybrid fuel technology and rockets. "Hybrid rockets have actually been around for a long time, but they've kind of always been overlooked compared to the more common liquid and solid propellant rockets that are out there," said Hill. "The reason they've been overlooked is they didn't scale well. So it was hard to get a lot of thrust out of a motor. So the fuel that we're developing is actually going to solve that issue because it's a much higher burning rate than you get with more traditional fuels."
Hill says this technology is potentially safer and cheaper than traditional rocket fuels. Their hybrid engine uses solid, wax-based paraffin fuel and liquid nitrous oxide during combustion to create thrust... (MORE - details)
Trump approves permit for Alaska-Canada cross-border railroad line
https://apnews.com/article/don-young-don...da417b0747
EXCERPTS: President Donald Trump on Tuesday approved a permit for a proposed rail line connecting Alaska and Canada. So-called presidential permits are required for certain cross-border projects. Trump sent a tweet Friday announcing his intention to sign the permit for the A2A cross-border line between Alaska and Canada.
[...] The 1,600-mile (2,575-kilometer) railroad line would connect Alaska to Canada and the continental U.S., said Mead Treadwell, Alaska vice chair of Alaska to Alberta Railway, the company proposing the project. The route would run from Alaska’s Interior region through Canada’s Yukon to Alberta. Trains would carry passengers and commodities including grain, fertilizer, pipe, containers and sulfur, Treadwell said. The line would decrease the time required to move products between Asia and North America, Treadwell said.
[...] U.S. Rep. Don Young Young said in a statement that he has worked with the White House on the project that “will strengthen our country’s already close relationship with Canada and allow us to work hand-in-hand to responsibly develop our resources.” (MORE - details)
- - - - -
Proposed railroad between Alberta and Alaska gets thumbs-up from Trump: . . . The U.S. only has jurisdiction over a small segment of the proposed railroad – about one-eighth of its total length – running southeast from Fairbanks to the Yukon border. Canadian authorities control the fate of the rest of the line, which, if built, would slice across Yukon and the southern border of the Northwest Territories before heading southeast to Fort McMurray... (MORE - details)