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[ Society ] Johnny Cash: Cherokee?
Johnny Cash on the American Indian, and a report on Vancouver Island's Cowichan band.
[ Arts & Entertainment ] Marina Endicott, Canada Reads author
The author of
Good to a Fault
describes her elation at being shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2008.
Niqab Gazette cartoon steps up debate
An editorial cartoon in Friday's Montreal Gazette is highlighting a controversial incident in which a Muslim woman was asked to leave a French language school for refusing to remove her niqab.
[ Arts & Entertainment ] Canada Reads 2010 from the CBC Digital Archives
Call it the Battle of the Books. Each year, CBC Radio's Canada Reads finds five celebrity panellists to defend five great works of Canadian fiction. For Canada Reads 2010, we've unearthed archival clips and interviews with the authors and advocates to give you a glimpse into their histories. For more information, please visit the
Canada Reads
website.
[ Health ] Fighting Infertility
For many couples it's their worst nightmare. Years of trying and still, no baby. Adoption was once the only option. Nowadays there are fertility drugs, in vitro fertilization, and surrogate mothers. But with these modern-day solutions come new moral conundrums and questions: How far are we willing to go to fight infertility?
[ Lifestyle ] A new look in toothpaste: stripes!
The inventor of striped toothpaste talks to CBC Radio in 1959 about his simple yet snazzy innovation.
[ Arts & Entertainment ] Ann-Marie MacDonald: actress, playwright, novelist
A year after the release of her wildly successful debut novel
Fall on your Knees
, MacDonald chats with Pamela Wallin in 1997.