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    Kristi Herrling has four young children and a practice of more than 1,000 patients. She works from 7:30 a.m. until late into the night, finding time in between to pack lunches, give goodbye kisses, brush teeth and read bedtime stories. (Photos by Grant Harder)
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    A doctor’s dilemma

    My job as a family physician in small-town British Columbia is a dream come true. It’s also nearly impossible to do.

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    Len and Cub: A secret love

    Len Keith and Cub Coates fell for each other in early 20th-century New Brunswick, at a time and place where queer relationships were taboo. Their story was almost lost forever—until a collection of tender photographs brought their romance into the light.

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    The hunt for B.C.’s most notorious fisherman

    Scott Steer made a career flouting Canada’s commercial fishing laws and the officers who enforce them. One dreary night in Vancouver, it all caught up to him.

    (Photograph by Allison Seto)
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    The hardest climb

    A group of outdoor adventurers are revolutionizing how their sports treat the survivors of tragic accidents

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    Canadian paramedics are in crisis

    PTSD, burnout, and a pandemic. How COVID pushed the country’s overworked first responders into emergency territory

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