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Calgary's South Asian residents seeking mental health help during COVID face barriers


Posted: May 11, 2021 5:00 AM MT | Last Updated: May 11
Lending An Ear offers phone support in multiple languages to people in their own community.(Brian A Jackson/Getty Images)
Calgary s South Asian community is seeing a surge in people with mental health issues like depression and anxiety, according to organizations that help people in crisis.
Counselling and support groups say many prefer to reach out to local organizations in their own community, but some don t reach out at all due to stigma and language barriers.
They say there have been more suicides in the community, some involving younger people. 
Beena Ashar helps take calls for a small grassroots organization set up last year in response to the pandemic. Lending An Ear offers phone support in multiple languages to people in their own community. ....

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'The system failed the people of Brampton': How COVID-19 is taking a toll in hard-hit city


The system failed the people of Brampton : How COVID-19 is taking a toll in hard-hit city
Brampton’s COVID-19 test positivity rate was more than double the rate for Ontario near the end of April. And residents and health experts say the government hasn’t done enough to protect people living in the Peel Region.
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Posted: May 05, 2021 3:21 PM ET | Last Updated: May 5
Gurinder Singh Khehra got COVID-19 after his wife caught it at work. He was put on a ventilator twice, and doctors say he’s lucky to be alive.(Joana Draghici/CBC) ....

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