Pass the hammer. We've got to knock some noses back into joint. UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar wasn't trashing Manitoba when he talked about receiving third-world health care in a Brandon hospital. He was holding up a mirror. Don't like what you see? Stomping your feet and making chauvinist squeals won't change the picture. Lesnar is a professional athlete; he knows pain. He's a professional mixed martial arts fighter; he knows extreme pain . So when he doubled over with pain while hunting with his brother in southwestern Manitoba last November, he knew it was something unusual and very serious. He was admitted to Brandon General Hospital on or about Nov. 7 only to find the CT scanner was out of commission and had been for four days. A CT scan is the most common test for a potentially life-threatening abdominal disorder like diverticulitis, which was what Lesnar had. So what's the problem, asks Carmel Olson, CEO of the Brandon regional health...
The origin of the Usher of the Black Rod goes back to early fourteenth century England . Today, with no royal duties to perform, the Usher knocks on the doors of the House of Commons with the Black Rod at the start of Parliament to summon the members. The rod is a symbol for the authority of debate in the upper house. We of The Black Rod adopted the symbol to knock some sense and the right questions into the heads of Legislators, pundits, and other opinion makers.