Jeremy Hull

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Jeremy Hull |Crystal Garrett

Books are among the most popular Mother’s Day gifts and buying from homegrown authors is an easy way to support Canadian. Catalina Margulis’ debut novel “Again, Only More Like You” shines a spotlight on middle-aged women who are often underrepresented in fiction. “(It’s) a story about best friends who are turning 40 just as their lives are beginning to fall apart,” Margulis said.

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Jeremy Hull |Todd Battis

The full effect of the U.S. tariffs hasn’t entirely reached store shelves but small business owners who travel across the border to earn money performing face new questions about their access to the American market. Canadian musicians are small business owners – CEOs of their brand and content – who rely on an American audience which has defined generations of popular music with their size and influence. Eric Alper is a music commentator and artist representative in Toronto.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jeremy Hull |Crystal Garrett

National Volunteer Week is honouring the contributions of volunteers across Canada from April 27 to May 3. Ambuj Laroiya is a member of Volunteer Canada in Halifax. He said the message for volunteer week this year is an acknowledgement of every contribution, no matter how small. “Just like how water changes its shape and changes everything when it flows, volunteers create those ripples and those waves.” Laroiya said. “We just want to thank them”Laroiya’s own volunteer efforts are enormous.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jeremy Hull |Crystal Garrett

When Hurricane Dorian hit Atlantic Canada in September of 2019, Tara Pyfrom was in the Bahamas where the hurricane was regarded as the worst natural disaster in the island nation’s history. Pyfrom and her family moved to New Brunswick – sight unseen – after the storm, where her therapy writing inspired her new book. “The Ocean in Our Blood” is about the traumatic experience of fleeing her home during a category five hurricane and starting a new life.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jeremy Hull |Maria Panopalis

Janice Landry is a former reporter with ATV – CTV’s predecessor in the Maritimes – and the author of seven books. Her latest, “Every Little Thing: How Small Acts of Kindness Make a Big Impact,” carries a positive message about appreciation. Landry wrote the book for her husband Rob Dauphinee and their daughter Laura because they were there for her in “little and big ways” during a difficult chapter in Landry’s life. In 2023 she got very sick after being diagnosed with Lyme disease.