Entertainment
Reader's Digest Canada
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
EXERCISES FOR BANISHING LOWER BACK PAIN
4 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
I ACCIDENTALLY BOUGHT A BAG OF NO-PURPOSE FLOUR. NOW WHAT???
LOOK. LISTEN. WHEN you’re a busy career woman and mom of 17 who’s always on the go and just trying to have it all, grocery trips need to be quick, efficient affairs. I’ve learned to anticipate well in advance that at some point, my 284-week-old triplets will once again want to make ferret-shaped cupcakes. And I’ve learned to be prepared. Or so I thought.
2 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Cooking Through Grief
After her husband died, my mother-in-law found solace in sharing his favourite meals
4 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
The Truth About House Fires
FACT CHECK
2 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Westworld
In her new book Along the Western Front, the photographer Leah Hennel captures the ranches, rodeos and romance of Southern and Central Alberta
1 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
How Do Masks Protect Me?
We ask family physician and Masks4Canada organizer Amy Tan
3 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Breast Friend
How an Ontario doctor is improving women’s cancer care
2 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
EVEN BEFORE JOSH was born in 2007 in South Australia, his parents, Nicole and Andy, knew there was a chance their baby might have a severe disorder that could affect the course of his life. His older sister, Lauren, had stopped meeting milestones just after turning one. As she grew, she gradually lost her mastery of skills like walking and speaking. Despite extensive testing, she remained undiagnosed, but doctors suspected it was a genetic condition.
4 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Body, Heal Thyself
Why do wounds mend more slowly as we age?
3 min |
November 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Open Up and Say Ha Ha
The surprising reasons laughing is good for you
2 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
WILD THING
A turkey lost in a Toronto park helped me find my post-retirement resilience
4 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
I Am a Stroke Survivor
What it feels like to endure—and recover from— a condition that kills 14,000 Canadians every year
8 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
SUSHMA LIVED WITH her husband and teenage daughter in a rural Nepali town, where she kept a busy schedule organizing festivals and singing in a choir. At 51, she’d never had any serious health concerns.
4 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Still Got It
Desire doesn’t have an expiry date. How I learned to keep feeling sexy after 60.
7 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
LOST ON BURKE MOUNTAIN
To get help, Brandon Hoogstra had to leave his kids alone on a cliff. He prayed he’d remember how to find them again.
10 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Horse of a Different Colour
During Roany’s final days, our extraordinary bond only grew stronger
7 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Ghost Busted
How to tell if you’re being haunted
3 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Conquer Your Everyday Aches and Pains
11 STRATEGIES TO STOP THEM FROM HOLDING YOU BACK
10 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Close Encounters
Making new friends as an adult starts with courage and vulnerability
5 min |
October 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
THE PREDATOR AND HIS PREY
He targeted them on dating sites, showered them with attention and flattery, and promised they’d be together forever. How Marcel Vautour broke the hearts and the bank accounts of women across Canada.
10+ min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
THE BOY WITH A SPIKE IN HIS HEAD
Xavier Cunningham fell onto a rotisserie skewer and impaled his face. Doctors couldn’t believe he was still alive.
10+ min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
THE PULL OF THE STARS by Emma Donoghue ($34, HARPERCOLLINS)
Every month, we recommend a new must-read book. Here’s what you need to know.
2 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
THE 2020 READER'S DIGEST KINDNESS AWARDS
We invited you to nominate fellow Canadians who, during this terrible year, demonstrated the benefits of being nice. Meet the winners.
10+ min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Rise Up
How a house party inspired a support network for transgender women
3 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
HE SLIMED ME
My son’s obsession with his gooey creations has been my undoing
4 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Words of Wellness
The surprising reasons why reading is good for your health
4 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Black Watch, Advance!”
In one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War, 320 Canadians faced three times as many German soldiers. Where was their backup?
9 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
Next-Door Strangers
As Canada retreated into self-isolation, I tried to be a good neighbour from a distance
4 min |
September 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?
THE PATIENT: Davi*, a five-month-old boyTHE SYMPTOMS: Wheezing, swelling and a widespread skin rashTHE DOCTOR: Dr. Edna Lucia Souza, pediatrician at Hospitalar Universitário Professor Edgard Santos, Salvador, Brazil
4 min |
July/August 2020
Reader's Digest Canada
The Watcher
THE BROADDUS FAMILY COULDN’T WAIT TO MOVE INTO THEIR NEW DREAM HOUSE—UNTIL SINISTER LETTERS BEGAN ARRIVING IN THE MAIL
10 min |