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HERE & NOW
CBC Radio host Gill Deacon on leaving Here and Now
"I hosted Here and Now for just over 10 wonderful years," Deacon writes. "It's time to leave the host's chair at Here and Now and let someone else shape the program into its next iteration."
HERE & NOW
'What I want are recovery narratives': CBC Radio host Gill Deacon on life with long COVID
"It can be a challenge to stay present, to not grieve what I have lost or bemoan what has befallen me. I take it, as the banal but truthful platitude goes, one day at a time," writes CBC Radio Here & Now host Gill Deacon.
Here and Now
Gill Deacon: A thank you to the man behind the music of Sesame Street
Here and Now has launched a new series called I Just Called To Say Thank You, in which prominent Canadians thank someone who has had a significant impact on their life. Host Gill Deacon came up with the idea for the series after reflecting on a special person from her own past.
HERE & NOW
Gill Deacon: What my dad's death taught me about grief and healing
"There is no order to grief," CBC Radio's Gill Deacon writes. "It is a mountaintop from which we each descend by our own means; a path with sudden twists. My path of grieving took me down a very narrow, rocky incline a few weeks ago, and I began to lose my footing."
Point of View
Gill Deacon: How a strong wind led to a 2nd recovery from cancer
Gill Deacon is returning to host CBC Radio's Here and Now this week following several months away for cancer treatment. This is her story about what that time was like.