[ 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?
Schizophrenia no defence in man's murder
A man with schizophrenia has been found guilty of second-degree murder following the beating of a 74-year-old man at the Marentette Rest Home in Windsor, Ont., where they lived.
[ 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.
[ Sports ] Playing to Win: Canada at the Paralympics
Wheelchair racers speeding to victory, blind swimmers competing for gold, and disabled skiers pushing their bodies to the limit. These are today's Paralympians. They train hard. They play to win. And in recent years, Canadians have been winning big at the Paralympic Games. The Paralympics began as a postwar sporting event designed to get injured ex-soldiers moving again. But by the 1980s the Games had evolved into an elite international competition.
9/11 tentative deal for rescue workers reached
A $650-million US tentative deal has been reached between lawyers for the City of New York and thousands of emergency workers claiming cleanup from the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks made them sick.
[ Lifestyle ] A new look in toothpaste: stripes!
The inventor of striped toothpaste talks to CBC Radio in 1959 about his simple yet snazzy innovation.