The NDP government’s proposed ski helmet law is coasting through Province House.
The five people who spoke to the legislature’s law amendments committee Monday were all in favour of it.
MLAs on the committee voted to send the Snow Sport Helmet Act back for the entire...
Going bare-headed won’t be an option on the slopes next year in Nova Scotia.
Helmets will be mandatory for skiers and snowboarders of all ages, effective Nov. 1, 2012.
The legislation, believed to be first of its kind in the world, comes with a fine of $250 for each violation...
NUTLEY — The request of two New Jersey legislators to better protect student-athletes is being fulfilled, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed to form an expert panel to establish national guidelines for youth concussion care and management.
Rep. Bill...
The question applies to many sports — from hockey to football to girls soccer and cheerleading. The answer is as difficult to nail down as to which came first: the chicken or the egg?
The fact is that more athletes at every level, from high school to the pros, are suffering from...
In 2008, Simon Reynolds took part in a "team building day" organised by his employers, real estate agents Strutt and Parker. The events for the day were kept secret, but employees were given a choice of categories, and Reynolds chose to be "active and energetic". When he...
9:44 a.m., Sept. 7, 2011--Research has shown that repeated concussions can lead to serious brain injury, and common practice in recent years has been to pull players with suspected concussion off the field.
Now, Delaware has a law to formalize this standard approach to concussion...
VICTORIA - Cst. Mike Massine is part of the Victoria Police Department's nine-member bike squad, and he's also training to ride this year's Tour de Rock. But he says he'd likely be lying in a hospital bed, or dead, if it wasn't for his helmet. "I crashed on my mountain...
A newly passed law regarding concussion awareness, training and precautions in North Carolina doesn’t change what schools are doing in Cleveland County, but people involved in sports here still appreciate the message it sends.
“The concussion legislation that they passed...
RALEIGH The Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act is scheduled to be signed into law on Thursday at the State Capitol.
The act applies to public high schools and middles schools and requires them to provide education on concussion awareness to student athletes, parents, coaches,...
BUFFALO (WNED) - Concussions have become a front-burner issue; not just the injury itself, but the short and long-term effects of the injury. Now, it appears Albany is on the verge of taking steps protecting New York's student athletes.
The State Senate has passed, the Assembly is...
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