Lifestyle

Job interviews are all about making the right impression, but the pandemic has only added more challenges to the process. Career strategist Chanèle McFarlane recently joined The Morning Show with tips on how to nail your next virtual job interview. McFarlane says it is important to choose the best space and background for your interview

The COVID-19 pandemic has revived an old hobby that is turning out big profits for some people, according to a Riverview, N.B., sports card collector. “I have just never seen the value of cards be this high ever,” said Tim Marney, who has been collecting sports cards since he was a child in the late

Maria Sardelis moved into a retirement home in Ottawa last October to take care of her 98-year-old mother. Her mother was diagnosed with COVID-19 and for two weeks, Sardelis would take her blood pressure, feed her and give her medication left by the door.  Read more: Alone and Apart — Canadians are feeling lonelier than

Antonio Michael Downing grew up in Southern Trinidad surrounded by jungles. But after the death of his grandmother, he made the move to Northern Ontario.Downing shares his full journey in his recently released memoir Saga Boy. Through writing, he shares his experiences of exploring his journey from Trinidad to Canada as well as how he

Canadians who are looking to redecorate their homes and save money can do so by getting creative with what they already own.  Vancouver-based lifestyle expert Susie Wall recently joined The Morning Show to give us some tips on how to spruce up our spaces for zero dollars.  Read more: Tiny homes: Perks of buying a

Trey Anthony, best known for her work in Da Kink in My Hair, is back with a new book, Black Girl In-Love (with Herself).  The book is both a memoir and a self-help book, giving a voice to Black women in particular, who face unique challenges in the world.  Read more: Angie Thomas’s ‘Concrete Rose’

It’s Black History Month and across Canada, Black queer Canadians have been leading the way to not only create change in their spaces, but also inspire the next generation of queer leaders. From authors like Dionne Brand to artists like Syrus Marcus Ware, Black queer Canadians are an integral part of the country’s Black history

For 17 years, Butterfly GoPaul has focused on community development like housing and health care in Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighbourhoods. As a worker on the front lines, she said something as simple as securing an affordable place to live is often a barrier families run into. GoPaul said these inequities have been exacerbated by

When Toronto director Kelly Fyffe-Marshall set out to make her short film, Black Bodies, in 2018, she did so as a way to channel her own trauma of being racially profiled while in California. It happened when Fyffe-Marshall and her friends were checking out of an Airbnb. “An elderly white lady saw us and decided

Lily Yee has been a member of the Victoria Chinatown Lioness Lions Club in B.C. for more than 30 years. The club normally organizes big community events like dinners, but this year Yee said they’ve had to get creative with their plans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The club has partnered with a local restaurant and