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E-Mail Loneliness and social isolation, which can have negative effects on health and longevity, are being exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than half of surveyed adults with cancer have been experiencing loneliness in recent months, according to a study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. Studies conducted before the pandemic reported that 32 percent to 47 percent of patients with cancer are lonely. In this latest survey, which was administered in late May 2020, 53 percent of 606 patients with a cancer diagnosis were categorized as experiencing loneliness. Patients in the lonely group reported higher levels of social isolation, as well as more severe symptoms of anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognitive dysfunction, and pain. They were also less likely to be married or partnered, more likely to live alone, and more likely to have a lower annual household income. ....
Article content Some members of council didn’t take too kindly to one of their colleagues characterizing the new budget as potentially leaving Cochranites ‘screwed’. Councillor Marni Fedeyko made the comment last month during the annual approval of the upcoming year’s budget, referring to what she perceived as too much spending over saving for a year where the tax rate is being held. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Mayor and other councillors take issue with Fedeyko s screwed assessment of budget Back to video “I’m very concerned about where we’re going when we get into 2022 and 2023 and if we’re not looking that far ahead, all we’re doing is looking at this next year,” she said. ....
14,000 hits There are many ways to tell the story of the Hudson’s Bay Company, which claimed and traded on some eight million square kilometres of the Earth’s surface, including large parts of Canada and the northwestern United States. Writer Melissa Gismondi takes us through the history of the iconic company. Our favourites October 2020 After the year we’ve had, how could this photo essay not make the list of our top stories? Justine Bohn, our education program coordinator chose this story as her favourite. “I remember being impacted by this article so much,” she says. “I found it so incredible, all of the images and the story just showed how this year changed so significantly.” ....