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Health

UBC study shows ‘alarming’ number of spinal cord injuries from mountain biking

By  Abby Luciano, North Shore News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A new report from the University of British Columbia suggests there is an “alarming” number of people getting spinal cord injuries while mountain biking.

Researchers found 58 people in B.C. sustained a spinal cord injury while mountain biking between 2008 and 2022. There were only three such injuries from ice hockey in the same 14-year period.

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Arts, Indigenous Nations

Jody Wilson-Raybould challenges Canada’s history in new book

By Abby Luciano, North Shore News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

It was a full house at West Vancouver Memorial Library Sunday night in celebration of former Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould and author Roshan Danesh’s latest book, Reconciling History: A Story of Canada.

The book shares the voices of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, touching on Canada’s history of colonization and how that history has been painted.

“We definitely still have a long way to go, and there’s still horrible disparities and realities. But I think we have to take stock in recognizing that there has been constructive change and continue to build on it,” Wilson-Raybould said.

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