Medical Assistance in Dying, Global Temperature Increase, and First Aid Training

According to data from Health Canada, the use of medical assistance in dying or “MAID” is surpassing projections. We discuss increasing ‘interest’ in the practice - with Dr. Sonu Gaind, Professor at the University of Toronto and chief of psychiatry at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Next, a recent study of centuries-old ocean sponges shows that the Earth may have been warming longer and to greater temperatures than we believed. We get details on the study from Julie Laroche - Oceanographer, and Associate Scientific Director at Dalhousie University’s “Ocean Frontier Institute”. This week Calgary Flames legend Lanny McDonald’s life was saved by a couple of bystanders when he went into cardiac arrest. Do you know what to do if you’re witness to someone experiencing a heart attack? We get some tips from Ben Marasco, Managing Director of “First Aid Training Calgary”.