As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into its third year, Canadians are experiencing negative emotions of anxiety and depression, with a growing number of them struggling with mental health conditions, new studies reveal. A new study, conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) Jan. 18–22, 2022, has found that out of the 1,509 adults surveyed, one-in-three (36 percent) Canadians say they are struggling with mental health conditions—an increase from the one-quarter who reported such conditions in November 2021. Seven percent of Canadians say they have been feeling terrible, or “barely getting by,” when it comes to their mental health in dealing with the pandemic, which is more than double the number measured at any point since October 2020, the study says. Residents in Ontario (41 percent) and Saskatchewan and Manitoba (39 percent) are the most likely to have been struggling with poor pandemic-related mental health in recent weeks, but at least …