Kristin Pardy hid her bulimia for more than 10 years. When she finally mustered the courage to go to her local clinic in Cartwright — a community of about 400 people in southern Labrador — and share her “secret,” the nurses were “amazing” and got her a referral to an outpatient eating disorders program in St. John’s. But St. John’s is about 1,400 km away, and as a working mom, ”I couldn’t leave my kids for that long. I definitely couldn’t leave my job for that long,” Pardy said. “Because it was going to be an outpatient program, I would still have to pay to find accommodations for the six to eight weeks that I was there. I’d still have to pay my bills while I was there. I’d still

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