34 leyball again. And in September, he headed off to university to study polit- ical science and law. “Saul Goodman, from ‘Better Call Saul’ is one of my favourite TV characters. He inspired me,” laughs Owen. Asked how cancer has changed him and his family, Owen is candid. “We received so much kindness when I was sick. Now, we try not to sweat the small stuff. And we give back with random acts of kindness and donations to charities like the Terry Fox Foundation so the research can continue.” Your donations bring innovative research to life Thanks to people like you – people who support innovative cancer research – Owen is a cancer survivor. Join us in the relentless pursuit of a world without cancer. Written by Kris Wallace, Senior Writer, Terry Fox Foundation For four decades, Terry Fox has inspired people from around the world to partici- pate, volunteer, fundraise, and donate in Terry’s name. When you give to the Terry Fox Foundation, you support world-class cancer researchers – like Dr. Evgin – through the Terry Fox Research Institute where your donations are invested in big risk, big reward projects under the leadership and vision of the very best cancer researchers across Canada. paid and for the Kitchener property to be transferred to her in the event that the wife did not survive him. This conclusion was also supported by the language used in the $800,000 bequest, which referred to the Kitchener property “being transferred” to the daughter. Justice Valente held that this phrase made it clear that the daughter was only to receive the $800,000 legacy from the husband’s secondary estate if the Kitchener property was also trans- ferred to her under his primary will. Since the daughter did not inherit the Kitchener property from the husband, the $800,000 bequest failed. The court’s decision in this case is useful in confirming that the court has the power to provide direction regarding a will, even if it is not submitted to pro- bate, and also provides guidance as to how to approach the interpretation of multiple wills. If there is an error in either the primary will or the secondary will, they are both to be read together as one to determine the testator’s intent, similar to how a will is to be read as a whole when interpreting a specific will clause. This article was originally posted in the Knowledge section of hullandhull.com. The article can be found at https://hul landhull. com/ 2024/08/seeking-advice-and-direc- tion-regarding-secondary-wills/ The team scraped snow from polar bear tracks in Alaska and sent the samples back to MIX’s lab in Sweden. There, for the first time, they successfully isolated and sequenced trace amounts of eDNA from the cells’ nuclei. From 13 sets of polar bear tracks, they sequenced enough eDNA to identify 12 individual bears (the 13th sample turned out to be from a bear whose tracks were collected on two separate days). Unlike conventional research methods, which require more contact with polar bears, collecting eDNA from snow sam- ples allows researchers to obtain crucial data without disturbing or even needing to see the bears. With some training, non-scientists can also collect footprints, which means that Indigenous and local community members, volunteers, hunt- ers and trackers can help monitor and manage polar bears. Collecting foot- prints can also complement existing monitoring efforts and enable research- ers to study polar bear subpopulations that we currently know less about. In addition, this new method can shed light on movement and genetic exchange between areas, mating sys- tems, behaviours and bears’ ability to adapt to climate change—information that is essential for polar bear manage- ment and conservation. The team has also used the method suc- cessfully on lynx and snow leopards, and hopes it can be used to monitor other species that leave footprints in the snow, expanding our knowledge of diverse ecosystems. This article originally appeared in the WWF Global Arctic Programme quarterly magazine, The Circle. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 26 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32
