Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As part of the beep test, or 20-metre shuttle run, students run across the gym in time with the increasing speed of beeps. (Evan ...

The “beep test” – a standard aerobic fitness measure used for prospective firefighters for the last 40 years – discriminates against women and advantages younger candidates, a tribunal has found, ...

Airdrie student Jillana Nelles says it's been a yearly occurrence since about Grade 5. She and her classmates line up on one side of the school gymnasium, waiting for the telltale chimes of the beep ...