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Bowlfuls of love: how a new grandma is tapping into an old tradition
Since her first grandson was born three weeks ago, Wai-Ling Lennon has a new project. She's been tapping into traditional Chinese recipes for soups to help her daughter's body heal.
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The Now or Never Community Cookbook
Inspired by the Now or Never episode all about the transformative power of cooking, we're proud to present our Community Cookbook.
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What's cooking, Canada?
Grab your apron and spatulas, and join Trevor Dineen and Ify Chiwetelu as they follow their noses into kitchens across Canada.
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What's keeping you up? What Canadians are doing in the middle of the night
For millions of Canadians - night shift workers, insomniacs and new parents - when the sun goes down, they're just getting started.
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PERSONAL ESSAY
Hours to go before I sleep: My ongoing battle with insomnia
Now or Never host Trevor Dineen has battled insomnia for most of his life. Now, after weeks of less than 3 hours of sleep a night, he's trying to fight back.
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Still stripping: Virtual show allows exotic dancers to return to the stage
The Only Fans page Cellar Door provides a strip club alternative during the pandemic, but it's not enough to pay the bills.
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My mom gave me a vintage fleece and a sense of adventure
My mom's hot pink Patagonia fleece has helped me feel connected to my mom - and our shared sense of adventure - since the pandemic started.
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What's old is new again: How the pandemic is inspiring people to reuse everything
Being stuck between the same four walls has given some people a newfound appreciation for the objects around them.
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How writing 'pandemic poetry' is helping me cope
After a decade away from poetry, musician Brendan McLeod has discovered that writing poems can help him make sense of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How repairing a shirt can help mend a grieving heart
Kate Thériault is working through grief by using their late dad's ties to patch their favourite shirt
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Personal Essay
Parenting during the pandemic has taught me to embrace video games
When I hear my 9-year-old son whooping and shouting with glee, I almost forget I was once a parent who was against video games.
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What video games can teach us about our world
Gaming is far from just mindless entertainment — it can help build community, connect us with loved ones and help us embrace our identity.
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Personal Essay
Accepting my queer identity through gaming
Gamer Nicholas Raffoul is able to explore and embrace his own sexuality through the virtual reality of The Sims.
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Making ends meet during a pandemic: How these Canadians are fighting to get by
Meet Canadians whose lives and bank accounts have been upended by the pandemic, and what they're doing to get by.
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PERSONAL ESSAY
I'm a finance journalist but it took COVID-19 to make me prioritize saving
Toronto-based finance journalist Zandile Chiwanza says covering the economic destruction of COVID-19 made her get serious about creating an emergency fund.
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To help his kids love their Japanese Canadian identity, this dad writes books
Jeff Chiba Stearns hopes that his children's books will help his own kids understand their multiracial identity.
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'Maybe I can let go of it all': My Oma's search for closure 45 years after her son's death
At 94 years old, there is just one more place for her to visit: the memorial for fallen officers on Parliament Hill. CBC's Holly Gordon accompanied her Oma on this emotional journey.
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PERSONAL ESSAY
My Mom lived through the Biafran war. We didn't talk about it until now.
'Most of what I know about the Biafran war I learned in university. But somehow, I never spoke about it with the people closest to me who lived through it all. Until now.'
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Shaking the family tree
As more people are tracing their genealogy and sending off DNA kits, it raises the question: what do you do with all that family history you're digging up?
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Find your happy place
Not being able to travel or socialise the way we used to (pre-pandemic) means we have to come up with new ways to escape from our routines and find some joy.
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Steaming away the stress: garage-sauna is a Nova Scotia photographer's happy place
Dartmouth photographer, Claire Fraser, says the sauna she built in her garage is a place to reset and relax during a time of stress.
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Northern Saskatchewan community using traditional fiddling to prepare youth for future
Principal Darryl Flett had a wake up moment after a number of youth died by suicide in 2016. Now fiddles are a part of connecting local youth to their culture.
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The musical instrument that changed my life
Playing an instrument can keep you company when you're lonely, help you grieve, keep your mind sharp - and bring joy at a time of increased isolation. Meet Canadians who are learning a new instrument and making some surprising discoveries along the way.
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Personal Essay
People can change their mind, even on the internet
How Edmonton activist and actor Jesse Lipscombe finds hope in online forums and comment sections.
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A taste of coexistence: How a Palestinian and an Israeli found friendship through food
While race, religion and politics can often be divisive topics, food tends to unite. For Haitham El Khatib, a Palestinian Muslim, and Itamar Shani, an Israeli Jew, their love of cooking and sharing food is what brought them together.
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