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Feel like unravelling? These women say knitting helped them during difficult times

How these women used knitting to weave a different story about difficult chapters of their life.
Creator Network

I survived a shooting at an Airbnb on Gilmour Street. Here's why I'm sharing my story

Four years after surviving a shooting at an Ottawa Airbnb, Samuel Douf shares what happened that night, how he's coping in the aftermath, and what he wants youth to take away from his story. This video was put together with filmmakers Lucas Arias-Valenzuela and Jean-Jacques Ngandu, for CBC Ottawa's Creator Network.
Creator Network

Raising the barre: Ottawa dancers make moves to diversify city's dance scene

Longtime ballet dancer Chloe Bonnet and friend Zeeggy Mercy invited dancers from different backgrounds to participate in a dance routine celebrating diversity in Ottawa's dance community.

There's more to our son than Down syndrome which is why we want to share his art with the world

Joel Jamensky, an artist with Down syndrome, shares his message globally with the help of his family.
Creator Network

They broke up for their faith. Asking questions brought them back together

Josh Murphy and Caroline Rex share how questioning the teachings of their evangelical faith helped them find a path back to each other and their faith, for CBC Ottawas Creator Network.
Creator Network

A love letter to the 'Persian nose'

Growing up the child of Iranian immigrants in rural England, Nickie Shobeiry always felt insecure about her nose. In this video for CBC Ottawa's Creator Network, she examines why so many Iranians around the world feel the same, and the lengths they go to in order to change.
Creator Network

She was a homeless preteen. Standup comedy and cold milk helped her survive

Watch how a 36-year-old comedian dealt with homelessness living in a motel and turned the bleakest chapters in her life into a career on stage. She shares her story in this CBC Ottawa Creator Network piece titled 'Got Housing?'
Creator Network

She lived in a motel for 3 years as a kid. Here's how she turned it into standup comedy

Comedian Janelle Niles shares how she turned the bleakest moments in her life like when her family was homeless and lived in a motel in Ottawas east end into a career in comedy, in this CBC Ottawa Creator Network piece.
Creator Network

Hardcore in the Valley: Spotlight on punk sound emerging from outside Ottawa

"Could my hometown be becoming punk?" asks Orrin Alexander in this Creator Network piece spotlighting a growing hardcore music scene out of Pembroke, Ont.
Creator Network

For these adult siblings, living together is an art

Three siblings, one spouse and one stranger that's now like a brother: Why these five adults came to Canada together and now live, work and travel together and wouldn't have it any other way.