This former Canadian Olympian wants cannabis taken off the Games’ banned substances list

As a result, her Olympic trials results have been erased, and she won’t be allowed to compete in her signature 100-metre dash at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. If anything, it’s just, you know, something WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency, just feels is bad for the image of its athletes. And if you think about the stigma around drugs, […]

Green shift? How the trucking sector is exploring ways to power big rigs into the future

Most of the big rigs travelling those highways run on diesel. While all kinds of businesses are looking for ways to cut carbon emissions, the heavy transport sector has been considered one of the most difficult to decarbonize, as governments worldwide take aim at net-zero by 2050. Daimler, the world’s largest maker of heavy trucks, began testing a hydrogen prototype […]

NB COVID-19 roundup: Province on track to reach green phase by Aug. 2, says data cruncher

New Brunswick reported two new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and is now on track to reach its second-dose COVID-19 vaccination threshold for the green phase of recovery by Aug. More than 91,000 people have booked an appointment online through the Horizon or Vitalité health network clinic in the past week, Public Health said in a news release. By […]