In 2011, Rumana Monzur was permanently blinded after her husband viciously attacked her. Now a law student at the University of British Columbia, Monzur will deliver the keynote speech at a Big Sisters event in Vancouver Thursday. More read comments

British theatre artist Jess Thom has re-framed her involuntary tics as sources of creative spontaneity. More read comments video

Studies say a third of Canadians without an employer pension are reaching their mid-sixties with little in retirement savings, forcing them to keep working. More

Cook Trev Daley of Classy’s Bar & Grill explains his love affair with frozen chicken fingers and how he gets away with not putting real cheese on nachos in this new video from This Is That. More read comments video

Perhaps there is nothing more Canadian than saying "sorry." We tend to say it so much that the value of an apology can be lost. That is until personal stories from fellow Canadians puts the meaning of an apology into perspective. More read comments audio
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