A mother's song

"She astounds me, she makes noises that I wasn't able to make until I was in college,” said singer Qattuu of her four-year-old daughter Aleah. 

Traditionally, Qattuu’s mom, Reepa Evic-Carleton, would have taught her to throat-sing growing up. But Evic-Carleton, who grew up on the land and in Pangnirtung, Nunavut, later moving to Ottawa in the late 1980s, and never learned herself.

Watch how three generations of women carried on the inuit throat-singing tradition with a little help from a dusty tape cassette.

How Peter Tilley's own addiction shaped his work with Ottawa's most vulnerable

When Peter Tilley walked into his first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting more than a decade ago, he knew he would either quit drinking or it would kill him.
 

Now the CEO of the Ottawa Mission, Tilley still remembers the precise Alta Vista Drive address where that meeting took place. And he remembers how he felt: as if he were signing up for a life of mourning.
 

Click HERE to read about his inspiring journey to sobriety.

In their 90s, these CrossFit 'superstars' are on the move

From doing burpees on hands and knees to pull-ups on wooden rings, two women in their 90s are proving age is just a number at a CrossFit gym in Kanata.
 

"Those two are the superstars of this place," said Adam Phomin, the founder of CrossFit Closer gym. "When they walk in, everybody's like, 'I wanna be like that.'"
 

Click HERE to learn more about how they stay active.

All In A Day Book Club with Alan Neal

You are invited to attend a special literary conversation with the All In A Day Book Club! Join CBC Radio's Alan Neal and author Tomson Highway as they discuss Highway's book Laughing with the Trickster: On Sex, Death, and Accordions.
 

We hope to see you on Tuesday, May 16 at the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa. The event starts at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For seat reservations, email allinaday@cbc.ca. 

Click HERE for more information.