Recuperating from the pandemic-wrought mental health blows

In this month of mental health awareness, I hope we can say that some steps were made to get us back to a healthier place.

The National Advisory Committee on Immunization, led by Dr. Caroline Quach-Thahn, chucked a hand grenade into a public mine field already littered with anxiety with its latest communications about the AstraZeneca vaccine, writes Tim Powers. Screenshot courtesy of CBC News

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

May 5, 2021

OTTAWA—May is Mental Health Month. It feels as good a time as any to revisit mental wellness, particularly as many Canadians continue to battle their way through the third wave of the pandemic, hoping for some believable hope. An earlier-than-expected second vaccination maybe? Some possibility of ...

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