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A Star is Born
My family moved to Rockaway, New Jersey in the summer of 1978. It was there that my dreams of...
‘Boat People’ share survival stories coming to Canada 40 years ago
"I have to gamble with my life for the freedom." - Nhu Van Nguyen It was April 30th, 1975, forty...
Writing prompt – July
What are your best sleepover memories?
Friends of a Certain Age
Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30? As people approach midlife, the days of youthful...
A Night to Remember
What I remember is that my mother came in my room and woke me saying she heard glass breaking...
Finish this sentence… June
My father used to tell me…
We were four sisters — now we are three
We were inseparable, just like in Louisa May Alcott’s classic tale, Little Women. But then one of...
CBC readers share joys and pains of immigration
Following the CBC's call out for immigration stories, they heard from people who were long...
Writing prompt – June
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Joel Sacke’s journey from South Africa to Canada as an immigrant
The proverbial immigrant journey is all too familiar to Joel Sacke. In fact, not many immigrants...