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AUSTIN — Scott Byrne slaps a barrel. He points inside, where cushions swell from every direction. The rodeo clown, who used to be a bullfighter, says it’s an escape mechanism. Reading “wrangler” on the outside, the barrel exists to be smashed by raging bulls. When the animal bucks off a […]

In a field as complex as neurology, groundbreaking solutions rarely start with cardboard and mirrors. However, for Dr. Neda Anssari and Dr. Behzad Mansouri — a pair of Winnipeg-based neurologists, married co-founders of Neuroptek, and co-inventors of a medical device called Eye Mirage — their quest to reshape vision and concussion […]

If the federal government caves to automakers’ pressure to cancel the electric vehicle sales mandate, there will be significant negative impacts to Canadians’ health, medical professionals and researchers warn. The federal policy — which requires hybrids and EVs to make up 20 per cent of sales in 2026 and 100 […]

Lessons that build empathy through Holocaust survivor testimonies and case studies of Jewish life before 1933 are at the core of Manitoba’s newest curriculum. Starting this fall, Grade 6, 9 and 11 teachers will analyze the systematic killing of six million Jews during the Second World War and what antisemitism […]

Red Lake is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the area, and to help commemorate the occasion, the Ontario government is investing $30,000 through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC). George Pirie, minister of northern economic development and growth, told The Chronicle-Journal that the money […]

Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles doesn’t believe the province needs to scrap its regulatory regime to thrive through a trade war with the U.S. In an interview, she told Ricochet it needs to scrap its controversial Bill 5 legislation and “boldly” reinvest in the social infrastructure a thriving economy needs. While Premier […]