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The Ontario Bar Association is launching a new portal aimed at helping lawyers with disabilities overcome workplace challenges and feel less isolated.

After a number of scandals have rocked BBC, the corporation is set to recruit hundreds of wellbeing champions to help tackle mental health problems and safeguard staff.

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcias high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didnt have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression,...

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcias high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didnt have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression,...

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcias high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didnt have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression,...

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcias high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didnt have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression,...

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcias high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didnt have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression,...

Karl Tapales/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- When Angelica Garcias high school crush, first love, and father of her two children died unexpectedly, she said, her life went into a free fall. The Los Angeles native said she struggled to cope; within months, she started using marijuana, then cocaine and methamphetamine. "I didnt have the tools to deal with my emotions," Garcia told ABC News. "[So] I started self-medicating." Years later, after struggling with homelessness, depression,...

The Ottawa Public Library is exploring additional security supports in library branches across the city, as the number of reported incidents continues to rise.

Hiawatha Valley Mental Health Center (HVMHC) is excited to invite the Winona community to its ice cream social and open house on Tuesday, May 30, from 4-6 p.m. at its