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CBC Radio Specials5:44Lego sets bring a multigenerational flavour to Christmas village displays When Eileen Nurse was a kid, her family would decorate the mantle above the fireplace with miniature houses and fake trees every December, creating a little winter scene. So when Nurse, now 61, bought her first Christmas-themed LegoContinue Reading

Day 610:32From frying eggs to spooky solitaire, unwrapping the top under-the-radar video games of 2024 It was a strange year for the video games industry. The deluge of layoffs of 2023 continued into 2024, with studios being shut down and publishers like Sony and Microsoft shedding hundreds of jobs orContinue Reading

Radio The program helps people from vulnerable populations make purifiers that clean the air in their homes, and arms them with information about how to protect themselves in a changing climate. The DIY units cost less than $100 to make and help protect against the effects of wildfire smoke AbbyContinue Reading

Radio It might be surprise you to know the 10,000-step daily target was actually chosen at random as part of a marketing campaign. But researchers have since probed the long-accepted step goal to figure out exactly how many steps it takes to see maximum benefits. Researchers are questioning the validityContinue Reading

Radio·Analysis Amid the firehose of trailers and interviews hyping up the latest in blockbuster franchises like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, it can feel increasingly difficult for smaller teams to stand out. L.A. showcase throws hundreds of trailers at gamers’ faces. For developers, it doesn’t come cheap Jonathan OreContinue Reading

During what Orest Katolyk calls the “wild west” of short-term rentals — the time before regulations were put in place — bylaw officers in London, Ont., would have to rent properties listed on websites like Airbnb to check for infractions. “We actually rented a shed several years ago that was near Western University, and itContinue Reading