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After a tragic event, a young Ottawa woman wants to help the black community. Lydia Philippe wants to break the taboos surrounding mental health problems. She wants to demonstrate the importance of seeking help.

Two young parents from Northern Ontario retired before the age of 30.

An Ottawa entrepreneur wants to turn waste into alcohol.

After years of self-destruction, actor Stef Paquette decided to change his life.

An Eastern Ontario cyclist has learned that you should never put things off.

An Eastern Ontario entrepreneur puts her creativity to work for others.

The life of an Ottawa mom is completely transformed after the birth of her daughter.

Two former officials have found a tailor-made challenge in Prince Edward County.

An inexperienced craft beer enthusiast founds two successful breweries.

An African student has found more than a new life in Northern Ontario.

A future history teacher abandons his career plans during a trip to Asia.

Christian Pilon had to paddle thousands of kilometers to find what he was looking for.

A self-taught chef tames his native origins one dish at a time.

With no previous experience, a Hearst entrepreneur opens her first farm at the age of 24.

A teacher in Halifax, Nova Scotia, celebrates his second life every day.

Karine Ricard is the first black woman to head Théâtre français de Toronto.

A 27-year-old New Brunswick woman has turned her childhood dream into a successful business.

A microbiologist from Eastern Ontario has decided to go green.

After a successful first career, an accountant from Embrun decides to follow her heart.

A field hockey player's life has been turned upside down by a concussion.

A Moroccan engineer gives up his career to become a writer.

After years of doubt, a transmasculine non-binary person tastes happiness.

A young Ottawa woman recounts how she overturned her diagnosis of morbid obesity.

When Rob and Michelle Tétrault became parents, they also became campaigners against cytomegalovirus .

A Winnipeg designer finds her voice in old family embroidery.

At 60, storyteller France Adams feels as if life has just begun.

A Frenchman with dreams of becoming a flight attendant puts out fires in Western Canada.

A Cameroonian wants to break down prejudice by running a hockey initiation program.

Painter Marion Landry took advantage of the pandemic to go back to school.

A Vancouver woman has found happiness by combining her three passions : teaching, yoga and baking.

Marie-Josée Dandeneau, a Métis musician from Winnipeg, used to live out of her touring suitcases before a virus cancelled everything.

COVID turned singer Diane Nalini and musician Adrian Cho into entrepreneurs.

A Moroccan lawyer becomes a guide for newcomers in her host country.

The pandemic was a major wake-up call for artist Daniel Groleau Landry.

The pandemic forced dancer Suzan Richards to embrace a new career.

With the help of experts, a Vancouver woman aims to break the isolation of new mothers.