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Why we shouldn’t ignore the warnings that could save us
You are driving fast, maybe too fast, on a highway at night. Maybe it’s snowing, or raining, or your eyes are glazing over as you feel the fatigue of a long day set in, or maybe your phone dings and you look down for an instant. Suddenly the car in from of you stops and you hit the brakes. You feel your tires skid and for a second, you are sure you have crashed. But then: Nothing. You stopped just in time. Heart pounding, you exhale. You are shaken but also impressed by your speedy reflexes.
Why we ignore the warnings that could save us Original
You are driving fast, maybe too fast, on a highway at night. Maybe it’s snowing, or raining, or your eyes are glazing over as you feel the fatigue of a long day set in, or maybe your phone dings and you look down for an instant. Suddenly the car in from of you stops and you hit the brakes. You feel your tires skid and for a second, you are sure you have crashed. But then: Nothing. You stopped just in time. Heart pounding, you exhale. You are shaken but also impressed by your speedy reflexes.
Commentary: What the New Year’s fire at a Swiss bar tells us about fire prevention
OTTAWA: In the early hours of Jan 1, a fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, killing 40 people and injuring 116, many of them severely. Investigators believe the blaze began when sparklers on champagne bottles were held too close to the ceiling, igniting interior materials. The investigation is ongoing, and it is premature to draw conclusions about individual actions or responsibility. But fires do not need villains to be instructive.
What the New Year's fire at a Swiss bar tells us about fire prevention
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the early hours of Jan. 1, 2026, a fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, killing 40 people and injuring 116, many of them severely. Investigators believe the blaze began when sparklers on champagne bottles were held too close to the ceiling, igniting interior materials. The investigation is ongoing, and it is premature to draw conclusions about individual actions or responsibility.
What the New Year’s fire at a Swiss bar tells us about fire prevention Original
In the early hours of Jan. 1, 2026, a fire ripped through Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, killing 40 people and injuring 116, many of them severely. Investigators believe the blaze began when sparklers on champagne bottles were held too close to the ceiling, igniting interior materials. The investigation is ongoing, and it is premature to draw conclusions about individual actions or responsibility. But fires do not need villains to be instructive.
Opinion: From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters
Breadcrumb Trail Links Home Opinion Op-Ed Flames from the Donnie Creek wildfire burn along a ridge top north of Fort St. John, B.C., Sunday, July 2, 2023. Photo by Noah Berger /AP A fault line in Canada’s Yukon has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast B.C. into the Yukon and toward Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of unrelieved strain.
From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters
Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast British Columbia into the Yukon and toward Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of unrelieved strain. Like a loaded weapon, it may now be primed for a massive earthquake.
From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters
Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast British Columbia into the Yukon and toward Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of unrelieved strain. Like a loaded weapon, it may now be primed for a massive earthquake.
Opinion: Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters
Print Email Read Later A fault line in Canada’s Yukon territory has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast British Columbia into the Yukon and towards Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of unrelieved strain. Read this article for free: Email Address: Password: I agree to the Terms and Conditions, Cookie and Privacy Policies, and CASL agreement.
Government sending early retirement info to about 70,000 public servants - Canada News
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press - | Story: 587428 The federal government is in the process of sending information on its planned early retirement program to almost 70,000 employees as it works to reduce the size of the public service. Mohammad Kamal, director of communications for the Office of the President of the Treasury Board, says letters are being sent to roughly 68,000 public servants who may be eligible for the program.
Coalition calls on Liberals to drop hate crime bill, says it criminalizes protest - Canada News
Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press - | Story: 587421 A coalition that includes civil liberties, community and labour groups is calling on the Liberal government to withdraw its hate crime bill. They say Bill C-9 gives police too much power and could criminalize protest. Among other measures, the bill would create new crimes of obstruction and intimidation aimed at protecting places of worship and institutions used by an identifiable group.
From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters - Canada News
A fault line in Canada’s Yukon territory has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast British Columbia into the Yukon and towards Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of unrelieved strain. Like a loaded weapon, it may now be primed for a massive earthquake.
From earthquakes to wildfires, Canada is woefully ill-prepared for disasters Original
A fault line in Canada’s Yukon territory has stirred after more than 12,000 years of geological sleep. Researchers studying the Tintina Fault, which stretches 1,000 kilometres from northeast British Columbia into the Yukon and towards Alaska, have found evidence that the fault has built up at least six metres of unrelieved strain. Like a loaded weapon, it may now be primed for a massive earthquake.
Book review: The Perfect Medicine: How Running Makes Us Healthier and Happier
© Copyright – 2023 – Athletics Illustrated Title: The Perfect Medicine: How Running Makes Us Healthier and Happier Author: Dr. Brodie Ramin Pages: 216 ISBN: 20210167513 (paperback) ISBN: 2021016770X (ebook) Publisher: Dundurn Press, Toronto, Ontario, www.dundurn.com The review Canadian physician, Dr. Brodie Ramin, grew up in various places throughout the world, but moved back to Canada to finish his education and become a medical doctor.
One Foot in Front of the Other
No one could accuse Bruce Kidd of peaking too soon, not after reading this rich and fascinating memoir of a teenage sports celebrity turned global traveller, educator, activist, historian, political strategist, community builder, creative university administrator, social critic, and perpetual gadfly. It’s hard to believe that the author, a vital, joyfully argumentative man, was named Canada’s Athlete of the Year a full sixty years ago.
Running, the Perfect Medicine
One weekend I woke up at 4 a.m., full of energy. I crept downstairs trying not to wake my family, still peaceful in their beds. I began to listen to the radio, and before long was entranced by a fascinating Italian-English accent that belonged to an addiction psychiatrist named Henrietta Bowden-Jones. She grew up in Milan then moved to England for her schooling.
1188 Facing the fentanyl crisis
The Age of Fentanyl: Ending the Opioid Epidemic by Brodie Ramin Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2020 $22.99 / 9781459746701 Reviewed by Jeffrey Stychin * This book is not for the faint of heart, despite its clinical examination of the devastating world of opiate addiction. Brodie Ramin’s heartfelt compassion extends through every chapter. The Age of Fentanyl is about substance addiction and mental health, and, most importantly, about discovery, hope, and change.
Essay: Running in a Time of Social Distance – PodiumRunner
I’ve always been a solitary runner. Yes, I was delighted to run with my friends or my brothers in the time before social distancing, but because of scheduling and convenience, that didn’t happen much. Nearly every day, it was just me. More than that, I ran to be on my own. I ran to return to my center. Moving in nature led me back to my truest self; that is the alchemy of running. In this time of social distancing, crowds fleeing the safety and comfort of their homes are outside running or walking.
Lessons from the coronavirus for how we treat the opioid crisis
By Brodie RaminAuthor of The Age of Fentanyl Sun., March 15, 2020timer5 min. read Watching the spread of COVID-19 and the breathtaking, if at times confused, response by every level of government is like watching the response to the opioid epidemic speeded up one hundred times, on a big screen, in Ultra HDTV. It’s bigger than the Superbowl. It’s like government and the public health establishment is all of a sudden on steroids, or to employ a more appropriate metaphor, on speed.
Ramin: Running and so much Moor - Trip to terrain of Sherlock Holmes fame a chance to bond with kindred spirits
We had been running along the Moor, through darkness, for about fifty minutes when I found myself completely alone. We had started the day running through thick fog, picking our way through the gorse bushes, the jagged rocks and the pools of water. We were ending the day with a night run through thick sheets of falling snow. The other runners had teased me as we set out.
No Limits: A Review of Alex Hutchison’s Endure
When Alex Hutchison was chosen to cover Nike’s Breaking2 project which aimed to make history by destroying the 2-hour marathon barrier, he started to get hate mail. And Hutchinson, as a polite Canadian, was sympathetic with the haters. As a runner, a writer and perhaps the best popularizer of exercise science alive today, he could see their point. “Though I’m surprised by the vehemence, I understand where it’s coming from.
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