Unreserved: Celebrations of life, legacies and sport
From residential school survivors to a high school's first basketball team
Sometimes life can get pretty dark.
It can happen with the heartbreaking loss of a loved one, the taking of voice and freedom through violence or even just a long dark winter.
During these times, we need someone or something to turn on the light.
Illumination can come from honouring a legacy that guides you, taking an action that sparks change or having a sudden epiphany that leads you down a new path.
Today on Unreserved:
A residential school survivor is celebrated for her legacy of healing. Lyna Hart shared her painful story of survival in the docudrama We Were Children, opening the door for many others to follow. Find out how family, friends, and community are honouring her passing.
Derek Fontaine is being remembered in northern Manitoba for his work mentoring young hockey players on and off the ice.
Plus we are shining a light on missing and murdered indigenous women. Toronto illustrator Evan Munday is trying to put 1200 women on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's radar through a Twitter campaign of images.
They may look like a street gang but this band of brothers is using their colours for charity instead of crime.
We'll also hear music from Federal Lights, John K. Sampson and Cassidy Mann.
Tune into CBC Radio One after the 5 p.m. news in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut, and after the 4 p.m. news in Yukon and the N.W.T. for these stories and more on Unreserved. You can also listen on demand.
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