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Canned Fest 2011 Television Stories
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Affordable Housing for Londoners by Cara Campbell
For homeless people in London Ontario, subsidized, affordable housing
can provide the stability needed to get back on their feet. But a
shortage of these special needs units has crated a waiting list of over
four thousand people. Cara Campbell tells us what's being done about it,
and why it's critical to help the homeless in this city.
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Relief
for Japan by Alineh Haidery
As the aftermath of the earthquake and
tsunami is still unfolding in Japan, London is using music to help fundraise
for relief efforts. Alineh Haidery has the story
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Knights in
Shining....Denim? by Nicole Hanbidge
Did you ever dream of fighting dragons or being a princess
when you were a kid? Nicole Hanbidge takes a look at an group of men and
women who live that dream but with a modern twist.
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Midwifery
by Sean Leathong
What began slowly over seventeen years ago is now a boom in Ontario.
Midwives have been common in many European nations for centuries and it
appears that they are finally catching on here. Sean Leathong looks at the
rise in demand for an older model of care.
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Concussions
in Hockey by
Rui Martins
A number of high profile injuries in both junior and
professional hockey have pushed the issue of concussions to the
forefront. It has also been drawing the attention of the medical
community here in London. Rui Martins has more.
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Canada's most Powerful MRI Expected to
Change Lives
by Stefanie Masotti
The University of Western Ontario has begun their latest clinical
research study on patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. With a newly
designed MRI scanner, experts can now better locate where seizures
originate from. Reporter Stefanie Masotti has more.
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Culture of Change by Nick
Mizera
A student organization at the University of Western
Ontario hopes to empower women abroad. And they think yogurt may be part
of the solution. Nick Mizera spoke to activists about the changing role
of African women.
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This Side of the Glass by Kolby Solinsky
The glitz and glamour of the sports world is normally
reserved for athletes. But away from the fields and ice rinks is another
world of competition marked by lawyers, business grads and young
professionals... all striving to make their way in suits and sports
coats instead of skates and shoulder pads. Kolby Solinsky has this story
on how to make it in the business of sport.
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Hidden Homelessness by Fan-Yee
Suen
It's a problem we don't see - a hidden reality sometimes
made more difficult by drug addictions, unemployment or family problems.
And despite the fact that it persists both in big cities and in small
towns, what ends up happening, usually, goes untold. Fan-Yee Suen hits
the streets for that story.
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The Upside of Downs
by Gian Verano
Imagine living in a world where people seldom understand
what you're trying to say.
Now imagine having to wait weeks or even
months to access the resources you need to have your voice heard.
But
one London organization is bringing hope to the families and individuals
who must face this reality each and every day.
Gian Verano brings us the upside of Down syndrome.
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