Tag: British Columbia
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HIV drugs may help prevent multiple sclerosis, a major new study suggests
Over the past decade, several case studies have reported that people with multiple sclerosis (MS) who started antiretroviral therapy for HIV (to keep the virus in check) later found that their MS symptoms either disappeared completely or that the course of the disease slowed significantly. These findings forced researchers to ask whether HIV or antiretroviral…
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High drug prices in Canada are only one side of a bad equation
The Canadian health care system is under pressure as service levels drop while costs escalate. Drugs are one of ours largest healthcare expenditure. A federal agency, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), is supposed to control drug prices for Canadians. However, the past year has been marked by upheavals that prevented the PMPRB from…
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Connor Bedard No. 1 followed by intrigue in the NHL draft
Connor Bedard is considered a lock to be selected by the Chicago Blackhawks with the first overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. While that answer has been known for quite some time, questions quickly arise regarding the second overall pick held by the AnaheimDucks. And they don’t stop there…
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Europe’s largest disc golf tournament attracts thousands to Finland
In Finnish, a term "puck" means disk or puck, and it is quite well known that Finns go wild for the sport played with a puck. However, another puck sport has taken Finland by storm in recent decades, but it is not played with a puck, stick or even ice. It is played on the…
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Denmark to get a border with Canada?
Step from Denmark to CanadaThe two nations have apparently drawn a border across Hans Island (or Tartupaluk in Inuit), dividing it between Greenland and the Canadian territory of Nunavut – an interesting side note is that Greenland is the largest constituency in the world… followed by Nunavut. “It’s a good example of how, when you…
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Up the alternative alley: Towering head and shoulders above the rest
A couple of years ago, I was planning an excursion with some friends around Utterslev Mose, and it made me think about whether there was a small museum or gallery that we could visit as a kind of extra bonus for the trip. That was when I happened upon Brønshøj Water Tower (kulturn.kk.dk/vandtaarn). At the…
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Research suggests that melting glaciers are creating new salmon habitats
But in a new study published in the journal Nature Communications, led by researchers at the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station, the researchers found that warming trends could provide one silver fringe, if only for a moment: the retreat of glaciers in the Pacific Northwest. America could potentially produce more than 6,000 miles…
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From Iceland – Iceland ranked the fourth happiest country on earth
Iceland is now in fourth place in the annual international ranking of countries based on the happiness of the population. Only Finland, Denmark and Switzerland seem to have a happier population. Ninth World Report on Happiness, a picture based on data collected in 2020, shows Finland, Denmark and Switzerland in first, second and third place.…
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From Iceland – Iceland is considered the second happiest country on earth
Iceland ranks second in the annual international ranking of countries based on population happiness. Only Finland seems to be happier. Ninth World Report on Happiness, a picture based on data collected in 2020, shows Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands in second, third and fourth place. The new chart shows that Iceland climbs from the previous…