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The twelfth annual Jack Frost Challenge kicked off near the Nestaweya river trail at the forks on Sunday. The annual event, held by the Green Action Centre, promotes active and sustainable transportation. “It’s super important to contributing to a more sustainable Manitoba to get people outside,” said Ariel Desrochers, Green …

Ontario has set greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets dangerously low and is therefore discriminating against young people, who will bear a disproportionate burden of climate change, seven youth activists argue in a lawsuit against the government. Their constitutional challenge, backed by Ecojustice environmental lawyers, is set to be heard Monday …

B.C.’s highest court is set to rule this week in an appeal of a landmark decision on a challenge to public health care. On Friday morning, the B.C. Court of Appeal will release its judgment on the constitutional challenge launched by private health-care advocate Dr. Brian Day, the owner of …

Shannon McKenney has had a severe migraine for about 1,500 days in a row. “I have trouble sleeping and I have trouble staying asleep,” the musician from Burnaby, B.C., said during a recent phoneinterview while dealing with the same lingering headache that is often accompanied by dizziness and exhaustion. “In …

Tim Schober was an active tennis player, cyclist, hiker and a practising lawyer well into his 60s before a car made an illegal exit on a Victoria highway and crashed into him while he was cycling to work last August. “By the time things settled down, I had a catastrophic spinal …

by Dilip Sawhney Even as our nation battles the second wave of Covid-19, there are increasing concerns about the possibility of a third wave encompassing India later this year. In fact, experts claim that a third wave is “inescapable.” However, its impact can be minimised; the steps we take during …