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Before the pandemic, Adriana Patino would spend hours in the pool training as a competitive swimmer. Now, the 37-year-old can barely walk to the front door of her apartment. Patino has long COVID-19, a condition with more than a hundred symptom that, for some, can be devastating. In Patino’s case, she suffers from extreme fatigue, …
Read More »Feel like there’s a lot of mosquitoes in Calgary right now? Well, there are.
If you’ve been outside lately, you’ve seen them. Or more realistically, you’ve felt them. Mosquitoes are back with a vengeance in Calgary this year. In just the last week, city officials have counted more mosquitoes in their traps than all of 2021 and 2022 (so far) combined. “We got about …
Read More »‘I never feel safe’: N.S. domestic abuse survivor calls for changes to family court system
Warning: This story contains accounts of intimate-partner violence A Nova Scotia mother who left Halifax to get away from her abusive ex-partner says police and the province’s family court system have failed her and her son by not taking their concerns for safety seriously. Mary escaped the abusive relationship a decade …
Read More »My autism diagnosis helped me accept my fashion choices and feel good in my skin
This First Person article is by Julie Green who is a writer who was diagnosed with autism in her 40s. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I have a confession: I have never understood fashion or beauty. I’ve observed the rituals of other women …
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