In August 2019, one of the doctors reported the incident to Health Minister Tyler Shandro, but said she heard nothing back. In a statement to CBC News on Thursday, Shandro acknowledged he was told about the incident in August 2019. He said after others told him the noose was unacceptable, he told AHS about the incident and later apologized to colleagues. At a news conference Friday, former NDP health minister Sarah Hoffman said she was not told about the noose incident. Despite an apology letter in which he called the object a "small rope noose," Dr. Wynand Wessels now says the object was a lasso and was not intended as a racist gesture.

Source: CBC News July 03, 2020 20:44 UTC