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This Olympian was outed in the 1980s. The 1990 Gay Games helped her reconnect to sports
Betty Baxter was part of the organizing committee for the 1990 Gay Games in Vancouver. She remembers the ways it changed the city.
Stressed Nanaimo region set to double number of paramedics, shorten wait times
30 new paramedic jobs are coming to the Nanaimo region in an effort to reduce long wait-times and a high volume of 911 calls.
Farewell from Fernwood: Victoria's Cornerstone Café has closed
After 12 years, the Cornerstone Café in Victoria's Fernwood neighbourhood has closed.
Chinatown storefront photos offer glimpse into the past
A photography project that started as a way to cover boarded up storefronts in Vancouver's Chinatown shares the vibrant, sometimes playful, history of the neighbourhood through archival photos.
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Like mother like daughter: a Maritimer spends her first Christmas away from home in Vancouver
A Maritimer reflects on her first Christmas away from home, which will be spent in Vancouver. She recently discovered her mother had the same experience 36 years ago as an East Coaster far from home on the West Coast.
Regifting doesn't have to be bad manners, says etiquette expert
Is it bad manners to regift? It doesn't have to be, according to an etiquette expert and a conservation expert.
Cellist performs for ferry passengers, but did they stop?
CBC wanted to see how commuters would react to a bit of beauty added to their morning trip to work. During rush hour on Tuesday, Norm Adams did his best to deliver.
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The death of cotton underwear
Cotton underwear, once the panty fabric of choice, is disappearing from shelves, and that has some gynecologists concerned.
Woman finds job after CBC listener reaches out
A Halifax woman who struggled to find work for a year after being downsized, only to be told that she no longer qualified for employment insurance when she applied, has found work after an entrepreneur heard her story on CBC's Information Morning.