Mexican Day of the dead altars include a photo of people who've died, and an object that meant something to them. For Gerardo Familiar's daughters, that meant a photo of their puppy, and his favourte sock: Day of the Dead coming to Gatineau | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

By day, carpet cleaner, by night- christmas-light elf. Meet Matthew in Barrhaven, who's been prepping his display since LAST January (and hanging all 5000 of them, despite being afraid of heights)! cbc.ca/player/play/13…

Her daughter was born and died on the same day. This was an emotional one from a woman in Perth. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

I love that the teacher uses a hockey puck to help newcomers learn to cook 'Canadian' food: cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

This was the first point of view piece we posted at CBC Ottawa. Thanks to Ashley for being brave. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Ok, so I`m posting some of the stories I missed at the time (in this case, because I was lethargically full of sweets) cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

My aunt sent along a tip about an upcoming film about Ukrainian internment, and it turned into this POV piece out of Kingston. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

This was a neat suggestion from Matthew Kupfer CBC who reports -- and draws. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

It snowed, so I called the city of Ottawa archives and found some nice old photos of people skiing in the olden days. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

I first heard about @StopgapOttawa's ramp builds last summer. It became a web story this November. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

I had a pretty hilarious conversation with the deadpan Ahmad Alkafrei to find out when he was welcoming the newcomers. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

This one's puzzling and unsettling and heart-breaking for Melissa and Levi and Shawn. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

This was the biggest number of readers of a story so far -- and viewers of the video. And, it was a pleasure to meet Lu (and eat her chicken wings). cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

It was through Dante and this piece that I went down the rabbit hole of vape trick videos on youtube. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Meredith had such gorgeous photos of the river it made you understand why she made it her mission to look after it. CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

I am very excited about this! Thanks Theland for dancing, Elaine for making it happen and Fangliang Xu for the gorgeous doc. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

This was nice!

He came as a refugee with no English. Now he's valedictorian from ⁦⁦Christine Maki⁩ cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

I forgot to tweet this at the time! (I produced Mustafa's story, Paid to Play, Racism in the Valley and Snot on the Pumps, alongside a bunch of extremely talented people/journalists/smartypants). CBC Ottawa honoured with 2021 awards, nominations | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

My stories won two national 'local news' RTDNA awards! For 'Cool with cold' (sports reporting?!) and 'I may look different' (A-V storytelling). It's very cool that I get to work with such talented people. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…