Spotlight: Making friends as an adult

Cross Country Checkup from CBC Radio by CBC

Aug 10, 202600:20:08News & Politics

This is an abbreviated version of Checkup's topic on how to make and maintain friendships as an adult. According to Statistics Canada, Canadians are spending less time with friends that in previous generations. And the W...

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