Hello from guest contributor, Julie Pellissier-Lush

We were not rich when I was little. Everything is a luxury when you don’t have enough. Potato fields around our little green house gave us food, and there was always extra work in the fall to help us get ready for winter. The only good thing about being poor in Prince Edward Island back in the 1970s was that it seemed like almost everyone was poor. What was even harder than being poor was being Indigenous and poor. Read more from Julie on legacy, community, and hope.

Julie's picks:

• Watch: Diggstown. Keep an eye out: Julie’s sons were extras in a gym scene as boxers.
• Listen: Mainstreet PEI with Matt Rainnie. Keep an ear out: Julie is often interviewed by Matt.

Just Mary'd: Russian and Ukrainian wed in a rural Newfoundland Mary Brown's

If you walk into a Mary Brown's Chicken restaurant you'll likely hear the beeps of a cash register, or the sizzle of oil in the fryer. But in the Gander, N.L., location on Nov. 17, you would have also heard wedding bells.

New Moncton salon offers private room for clients who wear hijabs

A new multicultural salon in Moncton has opened a private room, designed for clients who wear hijabs. One of Style by Siwar Studio's first customers was Lina Khaled, who used to wait months until she made a trip to the Middle East to get her hair cut.

Celebrating women across Mi'kma'ki

CBC Atlantic explores the stories of women across Mi’kma’ki who’ve influenced the past, present and future.

Canada's forgotten crisis: Inside a Labrador town's housing plight 

Sheltered, a CBC Investigates series, examines the housing crisis in Newfoundland and Labrador — telling the stories of the people living it, while scrutinizing the policies and politics behind it.

Making room for joy: Transgender Day of Remembrance

On Nov. 20, the gender-diverse community remembers those lost, but it's about more than grief.

Ukrainians on P.E.I. mark 90th anniversary of famine and genocide, as war continues back home

P.E.I.'s Ukrainian community remembers one of the darkest periods of the country's history, called the Holodomor, a Ukrainian word that means "death inflicted by starvation." 

Dressmaker sees demand pop for Diwali as P.E.I. Indian community grows

It's a celebration of light — and also of colour. Eccentric sweets, fireworks and many-coloured lights and candles are some of the essential traditions of Diwali, the five-day "festival of lights" celebrated by South Asian people all across the world. During P.E.I.'s celebrations this year, Amanpreet Kaur's eyes focused elsewhere: on the clothes.

Far from home

In the care of the provincial government, Michael Saunders of Labrador is stuck in a mental health and housing limbo in St. John’s.

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