Hal Newman
[Stanstead QC]–When a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? Well if it lands on your house at 4 o’clock in the morning, it makes one hell of a racket. There was a big rumble, the dog barked – and then let loose with his anal glands […]
I was on a call with longtime friend and colleague Mike Ramsey when Emma and Sophie – and their friend Hanna – burst into my office this morning to breathlessly announce they’d found a bear’s bed out in the far corner of our property, near a stand of wild blackberry […]
Pointe Claire QC–Often when people discover I have managed to lose a serious amount of weight, they want to know if there’s a secret to overnight success. When I explain that I’ve been cycling for eighteen months, have altered the way I consume food, and carefully ensure I put in […]
by Hal Newman The latest in a countless series of grave warnings sent by email with an ever-changing list of signatories, this one was supposedly from a PhD MD RN MSc and opened with this phrase: “No one should take the swine flu vaccine-it is one of the most dangerous […]
by Hal Newman For whatever reason, the national media haven’t quite zero-zeroed in on the realities associated with H1N1, the vax, and high-risk groups. Certainly, the tone of local and regional coverage has shifted from cautionary optimism to creeping negativity. Life-Saving H1N1 Drug Unavailable to Most CBS News OR, the […]
by Hal Newman It’s been a long while since this happened however it seems the story continues to have a serious impact on those with whom it’s shared. And that’s interesting in and of itself in that several colleagues have approached me recently because they’ve heard this story presented at […]
by Hal Newman I have a strange relationship with the Government of Quebec’s Health Insurance Agency. Every couple of years they declare me dead. They don’t actually check to see if I have pulse. No one comes over to verify whether I’m breathing – or not. They don’t even send […]
by Hal Newman I’ve been looking at medical surge as a series of ever-larger waves crashing ashore in that they continue picking up more and more debris and carrying that further inland until finally they begin to ebb. All the surge plans I’ve seen are based on the notion that […]
by Hal Newman Jamie Flanz was one of my medics. He lost his way after he left EMS and ended up affiliated with a biker gang. He was murdered as part of a massacre conducted by rival gang members. They singled Jamie out because he was a Jew and saved […]