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After a decade of cavities, will Calgary put fluoride back in its water supply? Anti-fluoride activists are fighting again to keep the chemical out of Calgary’s water supply. But there are holes in their argument. April 26, 2021 Kokaram saw a rise in cavities in baby teeth after fluoridation of Calgary’s water stopped (Photograph by Candice Ward) The wisdom of public health authorities has been on everyone’s mind, this year and last. In Calgary this fall, it will be on the ballot. Voters will be asked during October’s civic election whether they want to resume adding fluoride to the...

Top Politician Says Cancelling Tokyo Olympics Over Pandemic Concerns ‘Remains an Option’ 17th April 2021 Cancelling the Tokyo Olympics “remains an option” if the pandemic spread is not brought under control. As the Guardian reports, those were the comments of Toshihiro Nikai, general secretary of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic party, in a TV interview that was as of his morning (Saturday 17 April) yet to be aired. Nikai’s statement is at odds with his government’s insistence that the Games will go ahead in a little over three months’ time, on 23 July. But public sentiment...

17th April 2021 Cover girls….The International Dragon Class on an evening race in 1969 at Royal North of Ireland YC on Belfast Lough. RNIYC introduced the class to Ireland in the late 1930s, and for many years had the largest fleet, sending forth the 1948 Olympic helmsman Eric Strain The Olympic Flame is now well into its progression through Japan, on a Marathon of Marathons which is seeing runners of every shape and size and type carry it into all of the 47 Prefectures which make up that most enigmatic of archipelagos. For Japan is a country which – just as you feel you're beginning to ...

Canada to Host 49er & 49erFX for the First Time in 2022 8th April 2021 It looks like Ireland's newly qualified 49er Tokyo pairing of Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove will be making a trip to Canada in 2022 if they continue their skiff campaign for Paris 2024. Nova Scotia will host a 400-strong field of the world’s best sailors from over 35 countries when the World Championships for three Olympic classes, the 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17, kick off in September 2022. Taking place in Canada for the first time in its history, the competition will be held on St. Margaret’s Bay during the six-d...

Two Irish 49er Skiffs in High Stakes Olympic Test for Single Tokyo Berth 14th March 2021 Men on a mission - Howth's Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove are determined to move from U23 World Gold medalists to Tokyo Olympians in their first campaign Two Irish 49er teams have their date with Olympic destiny in just a week's time when the final Tokyo qualifier takes place next week on the Spanish Island of Lanzarote. One way or another, Sunday week (March 21st) will mark the culmination of five-year campaigns for two Irish 49er teams, bringing the curtain down on an eventful cycle for the Olympi...