Celebrated humorist Jennifer Craig was recovering in a B.C. hospital Tuesday, a little more than a week after suffering a stroke in Ontario, where she was awarded the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour.
The 84-year-old acknowledges she faces a long road to recovery, but says she has maintained her sense of humour despite sustaining damage to her right side, making it hard to walk and write.
“I have a great life, I’m going to take advantage of it,” Craig said in a phone interview from her hospital bed.
Craig’s stroke followed a roughly 11-hour trip to Orillia, Ont., from her home
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