“It’s hitting me on an emotional level,” says playwright for The Anorak monologue, Adam Kelly, as he describes why he chose to cast a woman for the role of Polytechnique gunman for the 35th anniversary of the shooting. Corinne Boyer reports.

“It’s time to give,” says Marie-Claude Masson from the Renaissance non-profit, whose team donated thousands of winter coats on Giving Tuesday from the Wall of Kindness initiative to those in need. Pamela Pagano reports.

“You begin to lose freedom,” says survivor and activist Amy Kauffman on intimate partner violence at the Shelter Movers campaign launch to end violence against women. Tehosterihens Deer reports.

Many residents in the Great Lakes and northeast regions of the United States are digging out from under several feet of lake-effect snow. Laura Aguirre looks at how neighbours are helping each other get the upper hand before the next wave arrives.