November 2012

Grace under pressure for the endangered and grieving

A look this week at Hemingway-esque grace under pressure. There's the graceful welcome by an immigration officer to a young Canadian man fleeing danger in...

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Grace under pressure and the ways Danes tackle dementia

There's a lot of talk about the growing problem of dementia in Canada. For the most part, those who have it are shut away and...

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The uplift episode on beautiful music, laughter and crazy love

Uplifting tales to tide us over the dark days of late November. There's the story of a Sudbury man with cerebral palsy who finds the...

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The uplift episode on hope against all odds and whales

Why doctors find laughter really is the best medicine. How Erin Kapela and her very brave friend Lee-Anne Peters (see photo at left) lived it...

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Timing is everything at Christmastime and for hippies

A looking at timing and how it can govern the course of our lives. Retailers deciding on earlier and earlier starts for their Christmas sales campaigns...

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Timing is everything for crash survivors and a 90 year business

Survivors of a horrific plane crash in northern Alberta reflect on a time 30 years ago when a series of seemingly minor decisions ended up...

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War and remembrance of Afghanistan

On this episode of In The Field, Remembrance Day week in Canada as seen in the light of our experience in Afghanistan. A documentary by veteran...

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War and remembrance of the 20th Century

In the second part of our program on war and remembrance looks back on the experiences of World Wars I and II. In The Field remembers...

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