Police were looking for a man named Dustin Barnett. But when they tried to trace an email account through a Google search, they got Dr. David Barnett's email in error and arrested him–even after a judge flagged the mistake, according to the doctor's lawyers.
Feeling like a slave to the next paycheck, at the mercy of the financial services industry, over-worked with no way out—lots of doctors are feeling this but Dr. Matt Poyner says there is a way out.
Kevin MacMullin, business manager for the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 727, says although highly trained, Nova Scotia's paramedics are among the lowest paid in North America.