Canada’s Andre De Grasse found himself a step behind in his season-opening race on Friday.The Markham, Ont., native placed fourth in the 200 metres at the Diamond League opener in Doha, Qatar.It’s the same event in which De Grasse earned his lone Olympic gold medal last summer in Tokyo.But a new season brought a new story, with reigning…
Quebec’s English-language leaders’ debate for this fall’s provincial election has been called off after two party leaders, including Premier François Legault, refused to participate.The event was being organized by a consortium of English-language media, made up of CBC, CTV, Global and CJAD.The group had invited the leaders of the province’s five main political parties: The Coalition Avenir…
When the red recording light flashed on at Hollywood’s storied Roxy Theatre, the pressure was on the Tragically Hip to put on a good show, guitarist Paul Langlois recalls.It wasn’t long before the nerves receded into the background, said Langlois, as frontman Gord Downie punctuated the rollicking set list with ad-libbed musings.The May 3, 1991,…
It was just the type of scrambling, wear-down-the-opponent mentality and shot-making that took Novak Djokovic to within one match of a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2021.A spectacle that was missing for so much of this year when Djokovic didn’t play because he wasn’t vaccinated against the coronavirus.The top-ranked Djokovic brought the Foro Italico crowd to…
When the job of recommending dietary guidelines occurred during the pandemic, the task went almost unnoticed, but so did the conflicts of interest that existed among the 20 people who had the advisory role, a new study finds. And those conflicts are not going unnoticed with the publication of a second study on conflicts of…
Antibiotic resistance in Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria is still high based on the latest European figures. The data covers 2019 to 2020, according to a report published by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Levels on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Salmonella and Campylobacter and indicator bacteria…
A German survey has looked at what food issues the population is concerned about. Half of the respondents think that food bought in Germany is safe and 44 percent think that food safety will continue to increase, said Andreas Hensel, BfR president. Only 12 percent said food was not safe and 18 percent said food…
Longsheng (Canada) Agricultural Products Ltd. is recalling Ming Xiang brand Enoki Mushrooms because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency test results. The recalled product has been sold in British Columbia and may have been distributed in other provinces and territories. Recalled products: Brand Product Size UPC Codes…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are currently tackling a norovirus outbreak linked to raw oysters harvested in British Columbia, Canada. The FDA is working with federal, state, and local officials, as well as Canadian public health authorities, to determine exactly where the potentially contaminated oysters were distributed…
Lots of us are looking for at-home fitness solutions and setting up home gyms. But you might not have considered an under-desk treadmill or exerciser, which you can use at home or in the office while you work: a little bike tucked away under a kitchen table—or even, say, a mini elliptical or foldable treadmill…
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