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Last month, the American Medical Association (AMA) formally recognized BMI’s shortcomings and created a new policy advising caution when using it. BMI still integral for researchers, clinical trials, and as a screening tool. Vishal Gentle isn’t the avid gym-goer he was before his daughter was born a few months ago. …

After a stormy Tuesday in Saskatchewan that saw a tornado warning and numerous watches issued, the chance for thunderstorms will move westward on Wednesday, pushing into Alberta and B.C. The greatest risk for severe storms will lie in northern and central Alberta, and northeastern B.C. SEE ALSO: How the atmosphere …

The City of Winnipeg filed for an injunction to remove a group of protesters blocking access to a Winnipeg landfill on Tuesday.  Peaceful removal of Brady landfill blockade, encampment end goal for the city: mayor. The City of Winnipeg has filed for a court injunction to remove a group of …

Something wicked this way comes. After years of work and some setbacks, national historic site readies for largest public event yet. The history of Fort La Tour is steeped in tragedy and bloodshed. In 1631, Charles de Saint-Étienne de La Tour built a fortified trading post at Portland Point to …

The installation of a new greenhouse at the N.L. Correctional Centre for Women in Clarenville means a horticultural therapy program that started there last year can move into its second season.  Horticultural therapy has been successfully offered at N.L. Correctional Centre for Women for the past year. The installation of …

Delegates from First Nations across the country are meeting in the Nova Scotia capital for the AFN’s 44th annual general assembly. Ousted national chief RoseAnne Archibald was previously mulling whether or not she’d attend; her removal and an audit she called for could both be topics of discussion this week.  …

Southern Ontario will be seeing the heat and muggy air mass hang on for one more day before relief is provided by a cold front. However, before the cooldown occurs, there will be conducive conditions for thunderstorms to fire up in the region. Some of the storms could reach severe …

A prominent Toronto-area developer is asking a court to block or delay a provincial watchdog from interviewing him as part of its investigation into the Ontario government’s decision to open formerly protected land for housing development, CBC News has learned.  Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk sent summons to Silvio De Gasperis …

Some municipalities in Quebec have ordered preventive evacuations due to fears heavy rains could cause flash floods.  80 to 120 millimetres of rain to fall by end of Tuesday. Officials ordered the evacuation of some 220 homes in Ste-Brigitte-de-Laval, Que., near Quebec City, amid fears that heavy rains and rising …

Dozens of people outside Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill have built barricades and are signalling their unwillingness to leave, despite a noon deadline from the city to vacate the area and the possibility of legal action. City of Winnipeg may apply for injunction if talks with demonstrators don’t yield resolution, CAO …