{
  "abstract": "It is my pleasure to write the second ‘Neurological letter from Canada’ for Practical Neurology. The first, by British neurologist Dr Nicolas Weir,1 described his experience as a stroke fellow and stroke neurologist in Calgary. Coincidentally, my submission also focuses on Calgary, where I work as a movement disorders neurologist. Calgary is a city in western Canada (in the province of Alberta) of some 1.6 million people (figures 1–3). The widespread view of Canada may be that of a wintry land, and indeed, typical Canadian winters are characterised by cold, snow and ice. However, Calgary winters are punctuated by ‘chinooks’—warm dry winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains that can raise the temperature overnight by 10–15 degrees Celsius. Chinooks offer periodic relief from winter, although migraineurs often experience increased headaches during chinooks and other weather changes. Calgary summers typically have long warm days, without humidity, though sometimes with damaging hailstorms. English is the main language of communication in Alberta, although translation services are available given the diversity of languages that patients speak. French is the main language of communication in other areas of Canada (Quebec as well as parts of Ontario and New Brunswick).",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada"
      ],
      "name": "Sarah Furtado"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Neurological letter from Canada",
  "uid": "e6a1dd3e-20b1-5add-b806-e3ebe430fc24"
}