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Saturday, November 30, 2024

 
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Join CBC to help Make the Season Kind for Canadians this winter

This December, CBC is partnering with local food banks for our annual Make the Season Kind holiday campaign. We’re hosting a range of special events and programming to raise awareness of food insecurity and the need for food banks in our communities. Find ways to help in your community at cbc.ca/kind.


Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Sandra Oh, Howie Mandel, Allan Hawco (and more!) invite Canadians to get involved in their communities.
 
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A 60s Scoop survivor reflects on taking risks, telling stories and finding allies

 
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David Smith is a storyteller and member of Metepenagiag First Nation. He shares his perspective on the importance of overcoming fear and using your voice.

 
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How generations of Jews and Lebanese in a Nova Scotia town found common ground

 
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In an old, dusty building on the waterfront in Yarmouth, N.S., Patti Durkee and Joe Bishara are chatting like old friends do. Durkee and Bishara have been working to put an exhibit together at the Harbourfront Museum for several years.

The exhibit, which opened this spring, pays tribute to the first Jewish and Lebanese immigrants who moved to this town at the turn of the 20th century. It aims to highlight the history and friendships between the two communities in Yarmouth, and the solidarity that continues today, despite the conflict in the Middle East.

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Doctors said her gangrenous appendix was just anxiety. She's not alone

 
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A woman who says she was repeatedly denied adequate emergency care last spring is blasting the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system, saying she's been left psychologically scarred after being told several times that her gangrenous appendix was simply anxiety or constipation.

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First woman to call play-by-play for Canadian NHL team a Mount Allison grad

 
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Kenzie Lalonde made history in Canadian sports this week, but it all began in the small New Brunswick town of Sackville. This month, she was the first woman to call a play-by-play for a Canadian NHL team, in a game between the Ottawa Senators and the Toronto Maple Leafs, as a commentator for TSN.

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CBC Black Changemakers

 
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‘Black people deserve joy’: Khadeja Raven Anderson grows from protest leader to community builder.

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Henry Luyombya brings about change, from Uganda to Prince Edward Island.

Step inside the Saint John batik art studio of Alheri Bingi

 
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Alheri Bingi moved to Canada from Lagos four years ago. Noticing a lack of representation of her Nigerian culture, Bingi started creating batik textile art using authentic African fabric.

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Why Joey the Card King is worried about the Canada Post strike

 
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Thirteen-year-old Joey Connolly mailed out 5,000 Christmas cards this year to retirement homes, elementary schools and other Canadians in the hopes of getting some replies. But come Christmas, his mailbox in Digby, N.S., might be empty.

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CBC reporter Brett Ruskin demos rescue in military drill ahead of lobster trap Dumping Day.

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5,000-year-old bone, thought to be from Mi'kmaw woman living on P.E.I., called historic find.

Are you a content creator living in Atlantic Canada? Pitch your idea to Creator Network

 
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Do you love to make videos and online content? Do you have a compelling visual story to share? CBC Creator Network in Atlantic Canada is looking for digital storytellers from diverse backgrounds to produce original content for CBC platforms.

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CBC podcasts 'This is Nova Scotia' and 'This is P.E.I.' launch as part of cross-Canada series

 
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