Francis Perron, a 25 year-old defensive tackle on the Gee-Gees football team, has passed away, confirmed the University of Ottawa’s varsity athletics department in an email. Francis passed away in his sleep. The death is stunning. Devastating to a grieving family, devastating to so many friends and to a brotherhood of teammates, who somehow, some way have to look beyond a tragedy that can never... 

For people scarred by racism, one cure is a psychedelic trip, new research says. And it claims treatment with the same compound found in magic mushrooms and ecstasy decreases post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) within 30 days. For decades, the mind-bending effects of psychedelic drugs such as LSD have been well documented, but researchers in Canada and the United States wondered how the psychedelic...