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Study looks at impact of exercise on kids with cancer
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‘In control’: Study looks at exercise to boost overall well-being of kids with cancer
Bridget Penney, left, and her daughter Mira Penney, 10, share a moment while taking part in an exercise session that helps kids to stay active during cancer care, in Calgary, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. It's been a challenging time for Mira Penney. The 10-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumour, had it removed in August of last year and then underwent a round of chemotherapy. An infection left her hospitalized for three months and some days she didn't want to get out of bed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
world
Three U.S. Marines killed, 20 injured in an aircraft crash in Australia during a training exercise
A Care Flight helicopter is seen on the tarmac of the Darwin International Airport in Darwin on August 27, 2023, as rescue work is in progress to transport those injured in the US Osprey military aircraft crash at a remote island north of Australia's mainland. Three US Marines died on August 27 after an Osprey aircraft crashed on a remote tropical island north of Australia during war games, US military officials said. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
jockology
Free weights vs. machines: Which is better?
Alex Hutchinson
alberta
How a boxing gym is helping people with Parkinson’s keep control over their lives
Larry Malazdrewicz, 73, left and Bill Darling, 65, both living with Parkinson's disease, box during the Grizzly Strides boxing program at Grizzly Boxing and Fitness in Calgary, Alberta, Canada May 17, 2023. The program is for those living with Parkinson's disease. LEAH HENNEL / THE GLOBE AND MAIL
jockology
The first rule of getting in shape: Don’t quit
Alex Hutchinson
canada
New menopause treatments offer hope for women with dwindling options
Rebecca Raymond, poses for a photograph at her home in Cambridge, Ont., on Friday, June 16, 2023. Raymond, a breast-cancer survivor has few options to deal with symptoms of menopause as survivors of breast-cancer are advised not to take HRT because it is believed to raise their risk of recurrence. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
jockology
It’s time to stop picking sides in the cardio vs. weightlifting debate
Alex Hutchinson
canada
RCAF declines to participate in massive military wargame in Europe
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Colonel Colin Marks, before a briefing on wildfire fighting efforts from Canadian Forces personnel, in Bagotville, Quebec, Canada June 14, 2023. REUTERS/Pascal Ratthe NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
sports
‘I’ll be more ready:’ Canadian decathlete LePage aims to build on Hypo Meeting win
Pierce Lepage of Canada competes in the men's decathlon javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. LePage feels there’s another step he could take with the world athletics championships approaching in August.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/David J. Phillip
jockology
Can exercise help brain health? What two conflicting studies tell us
Alex Hutchinson
food for thought
Want a healthy gut? New research shows how exercise can help
Leslie Beck
world
North Korea test-fires two more missiles as tensions rise
A South Korean army soldier watches the North Korea side from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Friday, March 24, 2023. North Korea said Friday its cruise missile launches this week were part of nuclear attack simulations that also involved a detonation by a purported underwater drone as leader Kim Jong Un vowed to make his rivals "plunge into despair." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
phys ed
How fitness can be a form of self-care and self-compassion
Paul Landini
british columbia
Pilot project at four B.C. elementary schools suggests Punjabi folk dance improves aerobic fitness
Nine-year-old Viaan Deol (right), shown in a handout photo, has been taking bhangra lessons since he was four. A small pilot project at four elementary schools in Surrey, B.C., where students took lessons in the Punjabi folk dance for seven months suggests it improved their aerobic fitness levels. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
first person
How boxing helps me cope with Parkinson’s disease
world
Ukraine’s President Zelensky honours those killed in helicopter crash
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena attend the funeral ceremony of Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and other employees of his department at the Ukrainian House in Kyiv on January 21, 2023. - Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky died in a helicopter crash in Brovary on January 18, 2023. Fourteen people were killed, other ministry officials and a child. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Drone shot down over Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base
FILE - This Dec. 29, 2019, aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq. At least 10 rockets targeted a military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, the coalition and the Iraqi military said. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
world
Kremlin-installed governor of Ukraine’s Kherson calls for evacuation as Russia’s threats intensify
DROBYSHEVE, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 05: Munition is seen on a road on October 5, 2022 in Drobysheve, Ukraine. Drobysheve is a small town, one of the recently liberated villages next to Lyman that was occupied for months by Russian soldiers. Ukrainian Armed Forces have pressed forward with gains in the east and south of the country, forcing Russia’s retreat from villages located in illegally annexed areas, with villages liberated in the Donetsk and Kherson districts. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)
world
Mélanie Joly calls on China to de-escalate tensions after Pelosi visits Taiwan
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly and her German counterpart Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock tour the Port of Montreal on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
phys ed
A new ethos is helping make fitness more attainable, and less toxic
Paul Landini
world
China announces military exercise opposite Taiwan
FILE - A security guard stands near a sculpture of the Chinese Communist Party flag at the Museum of the Communist Party of China on May 26, 2022, in Beijing. China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday, July 30, off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the U.S. House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
british columbia
After volunteering to help during the fall’s devastating floods, B.C. pilots form permanent disaster relief team
Shaun Heaps working to organize flights of donated food at the West Coast Flying Club hangar in Langley, British Columbia, December 2, 2021. This year has seen the province of British Columbia in overlapping states of emergency and volunteers are being tapped to shoulder much of the front-line response work. Shaun Heaps, director of the West Coast Flying Club has been organizing dozens of humanitarian flights to evacuate people trapped by mudslides and to bring food and other emergency supplies to communities isolated by this month's flooding. From big corporate donors to individuals with time and skills to offer, the province's latest disaster is bringing out the best in people, but their work also highlights some of the gaps in government response. Jimmy Jeong for The Globe and Mail.
property report
Sweating it out at a high-end gym attracts workers back to the office
food for thought
How to break through a weight-loss plateau
Leslie Beck
world
U.S., Japan hold naval exercise amid growing concerns North Korea is preparing for nuclear test
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Navy on April 13, 2022, shows USS Abraham Lincoln, front, and other warships sail in formation during a U.S.-Japan bilateral exercise at the Sea of Japan. U.S. and Japanese warships, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, are conducting their joint naval exercise in waters between Japan and the Korean Peninsula for the first time in five yeas, in a show of their close military alliance amid growing speculation of North Korea's missile or nuclear testing later this week. (U.S. Navy via AP)
jockology
Don’t like exercise? Your brain can change, study suggests
Alex Hutchinson
world
U.S. Marine aircraft goes missing in Norway training exercise
FILE - A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft taxies behind an Osprey carrying members of the White House press corps at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on April 24, 2021. Norwegian authorities are searching for a U.S. Marine Corps aircraft that went missing during a training exercise. Norway's military says the Marine Osprey was reported missing Friday night. March 18, 2022, when it did not make a scheduled arrival at the Arctic Circle municipality Bodø. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
canada
Russian invasion of Ukraine shows need to bolster North American defensive systems, NORAD official says
Canadian and U.S. flags fly above the Peace Arch monument at the Douglas-Peace Arch Canada-U.S. border crossing in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
life
Senior fitness trainers are helping baby boomers stay healthy and active
Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod, former athletes and Canadian television hosts best known for their BodyBreak segments, pictured at the Limberlost Forest and Wildlife Reserve in Muskoka, Ont.
phys ed
Personal trainers are evolving past fitness
Paul Landini
phys ed
Build muscle by levelling up your bodyweight exercises
Paul Landini
report on business
Lululemon launches Mirror in Canada as it looks to get a piece of the crowded home fitness market
Shelley-Anne Castro, director of The Barre Collective TO, is photographed in her home exercise space.
jockology
What’s more important, getting that workout in, or staying inside during air quality warnings?
Alex Hutchinson
canada
Judge allows wrapper as evidence in New Brunswick cannabis cupcake court martial
Bombardier Chelsea Cogswell arrives for the continuation of her court martial at CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, N.B. on Friday, Aug.13, 2021.  She is accused of giving cannabis-laced cupcakes to a group of Canadian Armed Forces members during a live-fire exercise in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Kevin Bissett
canada
Stiff joints, grey hair: Pandemic-induced isolation, grief and anxiety aged you - but it’s not too late to reverse the effects
(FILES) In this file photograph taken on August 31, 2020 people wearing face masks walk in a street of Lyon, eastern France. - French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on June 16, 2021 that masks will be no longer compulsory outside in France from June 17, 2021. (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD / AFP) (Photo by JEFF PACHOUD/AFP via Getty Images)