Forty-five-year-old Helen Mamman on Saturday emerged winner of the 8th Lagos Women 10-kilometre Run in the Veterans’ Category with a time of 50 minutes, 11.38 seconds (50:11.38). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the veteran category was for women above the age of 40. Mamman, a former national 800-m and 1500-m runner, won
CALGARY Increased enforcement and heftier fines are being introduced to prevent trespassing on the Stoney Nakoda First Nation along a stretch of the Bow River that has proven deadly. The Municipal District of Bighorn, Stoney Nakoda First Nation, RCMP, TransAlta, ATCO and the Canadian Pacific Police Service have partnered for an initiative designed to thwart illegal activity downstream of the Seebe Dam, approximately 60 kilometres west of Calgary. Driven by social media and a disregard for the wellbeing of themselves and their friends, people are unnecessarily putting their lives at risk, said Rick Lyster, director of emergency management for the M.D. of Bighorn, in a statement issued Tuesday. The terrain can be unstable and the water in this stretch of the Bow River is ice-cold and especially treacherous. Water levels change without warning and strong undercurrents and undertows can drag people under or sweep them away to further dangers down the river.