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A couple of months after his thirteenth birthday, Donald Trump rode in his father’s Cadillac sixty miles north to rural Orange County, New York, just outside tiny Cornwall-on-Hudson. The car pulled into a narrow drive that led to the quadrangle of the New York Military Academy, a spread of grass about eighty yards long framed … Read more
Anna Smith would like to start a family. But she would also like more space for a baby, as the 27-year-old and her partner currently live in a 500-square-foot apartment in Toronto’s east end for $1,550 per month. Like many Canadians in their 20s and 30s, she says she’s realizing she can’t have both. So Smith, a University of … Read more
Why do humans live so long? A new study suggests a mother’s care could be a major part of it. The study, out of Cornell University, says that the reason humans and other primates live so long can be at least partly explained by the mother-child relationship. Maternal care leads to the evolution of “long, slow lives,” … Read more
When co-writers Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz were writing their latest comedy film, Babes, they were both about to become parents for the first time with their respective partners. Naive to the massive life changes that were about to occur, they put together a list of the surprising and absurd things they started experiencing on … Read more
Indian singer-actor Gippy Grewal recently opened up about his childhood days when he had to sell off his ancestral land to provide proper treatment for his father, who had suffered a stroke. His family was struggling, spending over two years in and out of hospitals. He felt saddened that his father couldn’t witness his success, … Read more
Veteran poet, songwriter, and Padma Bhushan awardee, Javed Akhtar, who is known for his impactful words and profound insights, recently shared candid reflections on his turbulent childhood and strained relationships within his family. As the son of legendary poet and film songwriter Jan Nisar Akhtar and writer Safiya Siraj-ul Haq, Javed Akhtar’s upbringing was marked … Read more
As It Happens6:24Great apes get a kick out of ‘playfully teasing’ each other, study finds What do you call it when a chimpanzee offers his buddy a delicious piece of fruit only to pull his hand away at the last second? Or when a bonobo repeatedly pokes, prods and pulls on the hair of an … Read more
This First Person column is the experience of Grace Stelmachowicz, who lives in Squamish, B.C. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. Growing up, I was taught that there is a clear pathway to success: go to university, get a job in your field, get married, buy a house, and … Read more
