Police in Chilliwack, B.C., have issued an update, saying the call to shelter in place has been cancelled and an “active, ongoing, high-risk police incident” that began Monday night has been resolved. However, few other details are being shared at this time, pending a further news release. According to the initial statement from Chilliwack RCMP,…

A new study that examined “excess death” data to gauge the impact of shelter-in-place policies on mortality concluded that lockdowns or stay-at-home policies failed to save lives. Economists from the University of Southern California and the RAND Corporation sought to evaluate the net impact of shelter-in-place (SIP) mandates by examining excess death data from 43…

Your local city park may improve your health, according to a new study. The research shows how access to nature in cities increases physical activity and, therefore, overall health. Lack of physical activity in the United States results in $117 billion per year in related health care costs and leads to 3.2 million deaths globally…