  | | |  | | | | Now that I live in Halifax, I find myself reflecting on the magical summers I spent on the East Coast as a child. Every year, we drove out to Charlottetown from Toronto to visit my grandparents. From the beaches of the south shore to evenings of theatre at the Confederation Centre and a fiddler at the local farmers’ market, my love for this region and its music was born. | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Jacqueline Addo remembers the time two years ago when her husband Joshua confided to her that the stress of adjusting to life in Canada from Ghana was proving too much for him to bear. He had reached a breaking point, and her own mental health wasn't great. | | | | | | | |  | Sometimes, it's the whispering that gets to Katelin Dean. Whispers the Saint John woman says she's been hearing since "junior high, because I'm that old, high school and beyond." The whispers are comments about Dean's size, "I'll hear 'big butt' or whatever." And even though she's 40 and not 14, it always hurts.
That's partly why Dean and her friend Isaiah Richards started the Kate & Isaiah Living Large podcast, to talk about life as a larger person and issues around size. | | | | | | | |  | It doesn't look like there's enough room for three houses at the Construction Association of P.E.I.'s building site next to Charlottetown Rural High School — but there is. That's because the houses are tiny homes. | | | | |  | | | The JUNOS are coming to Halifax! Tickets on sale now for Road to the JUNOS concerts from Feb. 5 to 9, a special classical show on Feb. 10 and the JUNO Awards Broadcast in March. | |  | | | CBC launches a series of seven local podcasts across Canada, including Good Question, P.E.I. to answer your questions - big or small, serious or silly - about your community. | | | | | | |  | Chamira Milinda is the owner of Chocolate de Champ, a small homemade chocolate business he runs out of his home in L'Anse au Loup, a community on Labrador's southern coast. | | | | | | | |  | Fog: ‘Everyone in Atlantic Canada has stories about fog,’ says Sara Spike, a cultural historian. Learn more in Through the fog: An Atlantic Voice documentary by CBC producer Natalie Dobbin. | | | | | | | |  | Drag queens on Prince Edward Island say they're inspired by Denim, the first person thought to be representing the Island on Canada's Drag Race. | | | | |  | | | Launch of the CBC/Radio-Canada National Indigenous Strategy is on February 5. | |  | | | Nominations are now open for 2024 CBC Black Changemakers. | | | | | | |  | Daramfon Morgan is a Nigerian artist with Caribbean experiences based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was invited to create the latest header design for CBC East Coast "all in." | | | | | | | |  | Ann Paul said a ribbon skirt can mean different things to different people. For her, they're about identity and taking up space, especially considering that, not too long ago, Indigenous people were not allowed to wear their traditional regalia. | | | | | | | |  | Get a Newfoundlander and Labradorian to tell you a story about their nan or pop, and I bet they'll put on a stereotypically thick and delightfully charming accent while imitating them: dropping h's and adding affectionate phrases like "me ducky" or "me love." | | | | |  | | | Mike Jack, who lives in Stellarton, N.S., has broken multiple Guinness World Records and can be seen in the new Disney+ series, 'Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People.' | |  | | | She’s turning old saw blades into beautiful — and functional — ulus. | | | |  | | | Why a 300-year-old bell means everything to Rollo Bay's Acadian community. | |  | | | Life can change overnight. 2 families share what people should know about power of attorney. | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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