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But outside of fiction, Arden openly talks about her concerns with the pandemic, which is devastating her home province. Coronavirus-related deaths in Alberta reached new highs last week and active cases there are by far the greatest number in Canada.

On Twitter, she frequently addresses her frustrations, urging her followers to get vaccinated and criticizing Alberta Premier Jason KenneyB次元官网网址檚 handling of the pandemic.

B次元官网网址淢y dead mother could do a better job,B次元官网网址� she deadpanned in one tweet.

SheB次元官网网址檚 offered her support to health care workers as anti-vaccine protesters hit the streets and misinformation spreads online.

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On B次元官网网址淛ann,B次元官网网址� the conflicts are never life and death. Usually, the biggest problem is the TV version of the singer, a stubborn diva who rarely considers anyone but herself.

The third season opens with Jann locked inside her home as she sulks over her recent breakup and soothes herself by overspending on retail therapy. Her only friend is her mother, whoB次元官网网址檚 suffering from AlzheimerB次元官网网址檚.

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Beyond B次元官网网址淛ann,B次元官网网址� Arden has several other projects she expects will come together soon.

B次元官网网址淛ann Arden On Stage!,B次元官网网址� a concert album recorded during a livestream event last spring, arrives later this month, and sheB次元官网网址檒l be playing a run of Canadian tour dates next year, most of them previously delayed by the pandemic.

SheB次元官网网址檚 also recorded a new studio album in Vancouver with producer and longtime collaborator Bob Rock, called B次元官网网址淒escendent.B次元官网网址� Due to be released early next year, the project will reflect on ArdenB次元官网网址檚 fraught relationship with her family from a newfound perspective.

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B次元官网网址淏ut finding joy in all of that too, realizing that life is what it is, and you just have to march on.B次元官网网址�

ArdenB次元官网网址檚 near future also includes her first novel, a project thatB次元官网网址檚 been in gestation for more than a decade, she said.

After penning a number of memoirs and a book about cooking with her late mother, sheB次元官网网址檚 trying her hand at a coming-of-age story she intends to hand to her publisher in a matter of weeks.

While Arden wants to keep the plot under wraps, she hints that it will take place at a farm where a young heroine and her friend try to figure out B次元官网网址渉ow bad people get away with the things they get away with.B次元官网网址�

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B次元官网网址擠avid Friend, The Canadian Press