Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Alanna Smith
Publication Date: August 2, 2025 - 07:30
Fitness is being promoted in seniors’ homes across Canada for better health, social connection
August 2, 2025
Ninety-two-year-old Jean Mitchell has been active for as long as she can remember. She played sports while growing up in Saskatchewan – tennis, skating, volleyball – but admits that anything requiring hand-eye co-ordination was not where she shone.
Then she met her husband, an avid outdoorsman who believed the only way to handle a nine-to-five city job was to ditch corporate wear for outdoor gear as soon as the weekend hit. They enjoyed canoeing, overnight hiking and cross-country skiing during the nearly six decades spent together before he passed in 2014.
The MV Harbour Princess hit rocks near West Vancouver's Lighthouse Park Sunday morning. One person was taken to hospital after the boat returned to port.
August 3, 2025 - 23:32 | Jacob New | Global News - Canada
It’s the sounds of the wildfire at Cameron Lake that alarm Colby Rex O’Neill the most.The gunshot-like noise of trees exploding, followed by the earth-shaking crash as they fall. The thunderous clap as overheated boulders split, then roll down the hillside, splashing into the lake.
August 3, 2025 - 21:59 | Nancy Macdonald | The Globe and Mail
A Canadian hockey brand has pulled controversial clothing from its online store after a line of T-shirts and hoodies it sold was criticized for demeaning women and girls as sex objects.HockeyBenders, a company that has become popular in rinks across the country and boasts a large following of kids and teenagers online, sold $35 T-shirts with the slogan “Barduzz, Gettin Huzz,” which it has pulled.
August 3, 2025 - 20:21 | Grant Robertson | The Globe and Mail
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