Now or Never CBC STORIES

All summer long, we're sharing some of our favourite Now or Never stories. Here is one from our "Around The World" episode.

Lima Al-Azzeh may live in Canada, but her heart is in Gaza. This intensely personal interview shines a light on the lasting imprint of family, home, and when being 'on the run' is baked into your DNA.

All summer long we're sharing some of our favourite Now or Never stories, and this one takes us to Los Angeles for an international whistling competition - yes that's a thing!

Ben Shannon first entered he and Sumire, his 9-year-old daughter, in the competition as a joke, then it got serious.

Find out what happened when this father-daughter duo were faced with tough-talking whistling coaches and a case of stage fright.

All summer long, we're sharing some of our favourite Now or Never stories!

For more than 100 nights this year, Donna Kane has slept outside under the stars in an old wrought iron bed. She tells us why sleeping outdoors in the vastness of nature - with mice scurrying across the duvet and coyotes howling in the distance - helps "to take yourself a little less seriously."

All summer long, we're sharing some of our favourite Now or Never stories!

After years of online dating and wading through bad pick up lines, unwelcome messages and horrible photos, Alicia Bunyan-Sampson decided to try something new. If you match with her, be prepared to answer around 30 questions.

"There is this unspoken but loud expectation for women to make ourselves small. To lower our standards. To never be ‘too much’. I’m giving myself permission to take up space in the world, to dare to know what I want and to tell everyone."

All summer long, we're sharing some of our favourite Now or Never stories!

After being partially paralyzed in a car accident in 2020, Brianna Seewald was determined to walk down the aisle on her wedding day.

Wearing a glittering white dress, leg braces and a pair of white sneakers, Seewald made her way to the altar to join her now-husband Ryan Borkowsky. It was a moment built on years of determination and persistence.

Strap yourself in for some heart-pounding, stomach-churning stories on this episode, to hear what it's like when you face your fears head on.

You would think that being strapped to a horse running 65 km/h would be the biggest adrenaline rush, but for Ciera Pruitt — who is dreaming of becoming a jockey just like her dad — there is no bigger thrill than sitting in the gate…waiting for it to open. And then…it's off to the races. 

Ever since Amanda Fata white-knuckled her way through a bumpy flight five years ago, she's been terrified to get on a plane again. She brings us along for the exposure therapy that's been helping her get through it.

Twelve weeks ago, ultra-endurance athlete Savannah Holmes was hit by a truck while on her morning training ride and fractured her skull and spine. As she begins her long recovery, she’s found strength in the lessons she’s learned from years of pushing herself to the limit. 

When you have social anxiety, meeting up with people at a coffee shop could be just as nerve-wracking as leaping from impossible heights. Meet some of the members of the Social Anxiety and Shyness Support Group in Toronto, as they do the thing that scares them most: talk to strangers.

When your kid takes up a death-defying sport like diving, how the heck do you not freak out? Kat Trivers and her daughter Molly Carlson offer some hard-earned wisdom on trusting your kid, living with fear, and how to get your kid to “the edge of the cliff.”