In the wake of debate about cannabis, performance-enhancing drugs and the Olympic Games, athlete-driven doping legislation is the way forward.
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The Olympics are ‘on the wrong side of history’ when it comes to free speech
The International Olympic Committee’s Rule 50 still restricts the freedom of speech of athletes, despite the recently relaxed stipulations. A respected Olympian says the IOC must change its policy.
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Will COVID-19 vaccination enthusiasm last? Lessons from polio and H1N1
At the height of polio and H1N1, Canadians were keen to get vaccinated, but vaccine enthusiasm waned once the crisis had passed — what does that mean for COVID-19?
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Can people vaccinated against COVID-19 still spread the coronavirus?
The COVID-19 vaccines are a smash success. But that doesn’t mean they keep every vaccinated person completely free of the coronavirus.
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Héritier Nosso: Our immigration policies hurt families. It’s time for a pathway to citizenship
It’s time for our elected officials to acknowledge immigrant essential workers with more than just words of thanks. As Congress debates passing further COVID relief packages, they need to include a pathway to citizenship and reunite families who have been kept apart by our inhuman immigration policies.
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How to calculate the odds that an alien spaceship has been spotted
One in a million or 1 in 10? Mathematics can help us work out the odds of whether recent sightings of UFOs are really alien spaceships.
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What is critical race theory, and why do Republicans want to ban it in schools?
The academic framework has become a flashpoint as conservative politicians use the term as a catch-all phrase for nearly any examination of systemic racism in the present.
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Voices of the Sun Journal press
The men and women who worked alongside the newspaper’s Goss Urbanite press over its 42 years in service share their memories.
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Timeline: 174 years of printing news from Lewiston.
Key dates in the history of printing the Sun Journal and the publications preceding it.
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Alex Lear: Music, memories mingle on Father’s Day
Learics: Dad was a little bashful at times about singing with me, apologizing if he felt he was off key. Which was ironic, because I was honored to sing with him. As a child I’d hear him crooning in the bathroom, his smooth voice bolstered by the room’s acoustics, and I admired his ability. I hoped that when I grew up, we could sing together.