Past Episode: December 2012 Archives

All Access: Jill Barber

Inspired by great ladies of song like Ella Fitzgerald and Edith Piaf, Jill Barber transports us to the golden age of popular music with her sultry contralto voice and original songwriting.

Backed by her "men in black" band, the two-time Juno nominee and multiple East Coast Music Award winner wowed the sold out audience in CBC Vancouver's Studio 40 with a concert for the launch of her album, Mischievous Moon.

Saturday, May 25 on CBC Television

1:30 pm NT  |  1:00 pm AT  |  12 Noon ET  |  10 am MT  |  9 am PT

Watch Jill perform "Never Quit Loving You"

Life Under Construction - Part 2

Part two will follow a group of aboriginal people through an innovative program designed to get them off welfare and into the work force. The program targets people who are currently unemployable but who desperately want to turn their lives around. And the people who run this program say they have a 95% success rate in doing just that.

Life Under Construction - Part 1

Part one of a two-part project will follow a group of aboriginal people through an innovative program designed to get them off welfare and into the work force. The program targets people who are currently unemployable but who desperately want to turn their lives around. And the people who run this program say they have a 95% success rate in doing just that