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gina haggerty: Haggerty moved here from Seattle with her former husband for his work, according to CBC. The couple had just suffered a huge loss when their son died. That type of gentle activity helped Gina Haggerty in her earliest months in Vancouver. Haggerty was grieving and isolated but pushed herself to find a social circle. They hold book clubs and coffee chats, go skiing or snowshoeing, meet for happy hours and travel to the B.C. Interior on wine-tasting excursions. She found the Vancouver Newcomers Club. "It was an extremely tough time but at some point I had to make the decision: jump in and surround myself with women, caring women," Haggerty said. "I always felt that was the best way to get through things and that what I did." Tough city to crack The club has approximately 80 members. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.