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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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Disaster

Enhanced Emergency Ambulance Services? Or Catastrophic Collapse of a Service?

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There may be more to the enhanced emergency ambulance services being brought to rural communities like Cortes Island and Zeballos than meets the eye. 

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