Better toxicology tests boost protection for both human health and animal rights
A University of Ottawa scientist who recently received a prestigious national award for her work is at the forefront of a revolutionary change in research that could make lab rats a thing of the past. Dr. Carole Yauk is one of a growing number of researchers pursuing alternative testing methods amid concerns that animal experiments are too expensive, time consuming...
Officer at centre of 2016 Abdi tragedy tells inquest he didn’t ‘check for a pulse’
The former Ottawa police officer at the centre of the 2016 death of Abdirahman Abdi told a coroner’s inquest on Friday that he “didn’t specifically check for a pulse” as Abdi lay handcuffed on the ground and officers awaited paramedics. Former constable Daniel Montsion, who was acquitted of manslaughter in 2020, testified publicly for a second day on Friday at...