Jane Darville helped create the hospice Casey House and then went on to be its Executive Director. She was there when Princess Diane visited and made sure that day was smooth for the residents and the royalty. Darville later ran Canuck Place, the children's hospice in Vancouver. As she is honoured with the Order of Canada, Jane reflects on the achievements in her career.

Lisa Banfield was the common-law wife of the Nova Scotia shooter. She has now released a book; The First Survivor: Life With Canada's Deadliest Mass Shooter. We talk to her about the years of intimate partner violence that she suffered and what she wants people to understand about the cycle of violence. And she responds to some of the victims' families — who have expressed anger about her decision to tell her story.

Rassi Nashalik was the first person to ever host the Inuktituk news program Igalaaq. As she receives the Order of Canada, she still works to educate both Inuk and non-Inuk about the importance of her language and her culture.

Could you run seven marathons in seven days? What if those marathons were in drastically different climates, say running in Antarctica, and the next day running in South Africa? That's the challenge Marcel Kasumovich has set for himself, as he attempts the world marathon challenge, the only Canadian competing.

Autoimmune encephalitis is a condition that causes a person's immune system to mistakenly attack the brain. It’s rare, hard to diagnose and the consequences can be deadly. CBC’s John Chipman shares the story of an Alberta family whose lives were turned upside down by a case of autoimmune encephalitis in his new documentary.

We'll hear from Oleh Zadoretskyy who came to Canada in 2023 after the war broke out in Ukraine. We'll also hear from Halifax immigration lawyer Elizabeth Wozniak about what options peel like Oleh have, and Senator Stan Kutcher who has been advocating for a permanent pathway to PR for the Ukrainians who came to Canada seeking safety, and now can't return home.

Fishing is at the heart of our east coast provinces — but Atlantic Canadians have been struggling for months amidst a global trade war and high tariffs on Canadian seafood from China. Now that China has dropped some of those heavy hitting tariffs on Canadian seafood, Atlantic Canadians are hopeful this will relieve some of that pressure — but many say more needs to be done to diversify our trading partners to create a more resilient economy for future generations of fishers.

Nova Scotia's Aquakultre is exploring his own family history and the history of Black Nova Scotians in his new album 1783. We talk to him about how the birth of his daughter drove him to find answers to his own past.