Ask almost anyone on the street, and they'll have a story about a pandemic-related holiday conflict. Such divisions are fuelling conflicts between friends, family members and colleagues that could last long after the pandemic ends, said Tony Friesen, a trainer at Mediation Services in Winnipeg. © Jaison Empson/CBC News Tony Friesen and Christine Ens of Winnipeg-based Mediation Services are seeing so much COVID-19 related conflict, they created an online training course to teach people how to have productive conversations and save relationships. © Jaison Empson/CBC News Winnipegger Aleem Rasool says this is a hard time of year to have tough conversations about who can attend family gatherings and visits with the children. Help navigating tough conversations can't come soon enough for Winnipegger Aleem Rasool, who stopped to answer a CBC News question while heading back to work with colleagues after lunch.

Source: CBC News December 19, 2021 11:11 UTC