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Doctors Are Prescribing Nature. When Will Canada Get Serious About Prescribing Exercise?

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October 14, 2026

New cancer and mental health findings strengthen the case for making exercise more accessible. Across Canada, the trees are putting on quite the show. A walk among the maples and birches can feel like precisely what the doctor ordered. Through PaRx, Canada’s nature prescription program, it can be. Launched by the BC Parks Foundation […]

By Erin Phelan

Fitness Industry Council of Canada

Fitness Industry Growth Is Translating Into Stronger Profits, HFA Benchmarking Data Shows

October 14, 2026

Nearly two-thirds of reporting operators increased EBITDA in 2025, while median revenue rose 10.7 per cent year over year. Fitness industry growth is increasingly translating

David Patchell-Evans Named to 2027 HFA Hall of Fame

October 14, 2026

GoodLife Group founder will be honoured March 10 at The HFA Show 2027 in Las Vegas. Canadian fitness industry leader David “Patch” Patchell-Evans has been

REVL Training Enters U.S. Market as Canadian Expansion Takes Shape

October 14, 2026

REVL Training co-founders Josh Mildren, left, and Ben Woolford. Australian-founded strength and conditioning franchise makes Florida its first U.S. priority market while confirming its first

The Member Churn Secret: How Unaddressed Joint Pain Silently Kills Gym Memberships (And How to Fix It)

October 14, 2026

Fitness operators spend considerable time thinking about why members cancel. Is it pricing? A lack of motivation? Poor onboarding? Competition from other facilities? While these

Precor EFX 885 Silent Auction to Support Fitness Industry Council of Canada

October 14, 2026

The Fitness Industry Council of Canada (FIC) is holding an online silent auction for a Precor EFX 885 Elliptical Fitness Crosstrainer, with 100 per cent

Doctors Are Prescribing Nature. When Will Canada Get Serious About Prescribing Exercise?

October 14, 2026

New cancer and mental health findings strengthen the case for making exercise more accessible. Across Canada, the trees are putting on quite the show. A

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