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Calgary’s caped crusader: An unsung superhero emerges amid COVID-19

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Ashley Cardinal is used to.Taking her three kids to dance and hockey along with two jobs and all sorts of volunteer work – almost every moment is accounted for.When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, she, like many other Calgarians, was out of work and all those extra curriculars were gone.

But instead of letting it get her down, she decided she needed to pick people up – one good deed at a time. Milo the magnificent: Calgary rescue dog goes viral for his extreme smarts So Cardinal strapped on a superhero cape (literally) to become Calgary’s very own version of Bat Girl.

Her superpower: spreading smiles.She’s helped dozens of Calgarians — many of them complete strangers — doing everything from picking up prescriptions to buying and dropping off.

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