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Vital evidence has gone missing in the case of a South African doctor with links to Canada imprisoned in Dubai for alleged medical manslaughter.

EDMONTON | An Alberta ear, nose and throat surgeon was given a six-month suspension for “inappropriately” touching two female patients, including a teenager.

Ismail El-Assaad knew that transitioning to life in Canada wouldn’t be easy.

Nurse Manager Dionne Sinclair an award-winning body builder, a model, a registered nurse, the owner of two master’s degrees, a fitness instructor and a motivational speaker. But if she had her way back in 1976, she would have walked back to Jamaica to get away from the London, Ont. winter.

Sainte-Justine Hospital has cut its volume of surgeries by at least 20 per cent because of a shortage of nurses — stemming, in part, from a high number of maternity leaves since the summer, The Gazette has learned.

LONDON, ONT. | Faculty and junior residents from 10 universities and hospitals across Canada and the United States have participated in an emergency lifesaving skills bootcamp in London Health Sciences Centre's University Hospital.

Dr. Natalie Cousineau is originally from Montreal, where she spent time studying athletic therapy, epidemiology and psychology before settling down and going to medical school. Now she works as an emergency physician in a busy community ER in Barrie, Ont. She is also an adjunct lecturer in the department of family medicine at University of Toronto.