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Here's what Montreal chef David Ferguson cooks for Santa on Christmas
Montreal chef David Ferguson talks about what he cooks for Santa Claus, that's right - Santa - as his personal chef one day a year. He also read us a bit of the short story he wrote about his fantasy job.
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Torill Kove on the Oscars shortlist and her latest animated film Maybe Elephants
Oscar-winning Montreal filmmaker Torill Kove has been shortlisted for another Academy Award. It's for her animated NFB short Maybe Elephants, which is based on a real-life story of her Norwegian family moving to Nairobi. We speak with her about the possibility of another Oscar nomination and the story behind this film.
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Christmas show brings together 3 generations of artists from a Quebec family
Natalie Choquette, her daughter Florence K, who is also a singer and host of CBC's C'est Formidable, are part of a Christmas show that features three generations of talented women, including Choquette's granddaughter, Alice Cyr.
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As part of a study, these 4 Quebec seniors climbed to the base camp of Mount Everest
Eléonor Riesco, a professor at the Université de Sherbrooke's physical activity sciences faculty, climbed alongside four women between ages of 66 and 75 to see how they handled the challenge of getting to the base camp of Mount Everest.
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Oka National Park hosts 2nd edition of Indigenous Winter Market
Véronique Vincent, the tourism project manager for Kanehsatà:ke Tourism, the organizer behind the event, says the market is a good way to "take leadership" of the community's tourism development.
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Cookbook highlights cuisine, heritage of Molisan community in Quebec
Montreal historian Cassandra Marsillo talks about gathering recipes from Montreal's Italian community from the Molise region for a cookbook that preserves their culinary heritage. She'll be at Read Quebec on Dec. 7 with the book and some Italian treats.
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Montreal's Space for Life to hold 5th edition of Researchers' Night
Around 150 scientists will be at the Planetarium and the Biodôme in Montreal on Nov. 15, talking about their research projects in a variety of formats, including an event modelled after YouTube's popular Hot Ones series and a tour of the Biodôme at night.
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Drag queen Barbada de Barbades to host panel on misinformation
Barbada will be hosting a discussion panel in Montreal for the first ever national Together Against Misinformation event in Quebec on Tuesday.
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Indulge your sweet tooth at Montreal's Salon du Chocolat next weekend
One of the world's biggest chocolate events is coming to Montreal next weekend. President of the Salon du Chocolat de Montréal Jean-François Kacou shares more information about the event and explains why Montreal was chosen to host it.
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Imad Alarnab talks about 'Imad's Syrian Kitchen' and his experience as a Syrian refugee
Imad Alarnab went from cooking on a hotplate for fellow refugees to owning an award-winning restaurant in London, England. He talks about his incredible journey and shares some of the special recipes in his cookbook "Imad's Syrian Kitchen" including a watermelon salad with halloumi and a roast lamb shoulder.