Entertainment
Reader's Digest Canada
My Charmed Life
As a professional magician, when I pull off the perfect trick, the audience’s wonder and joy is no illusion.
9 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Sound Advice
How to protect your hearing.
2 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
When Fentanyl Works
Having terminal cancer means managing pain carefully and consistently. And it means taking a dangerous opioid that has long improved the lives of people like me.
10 min |
April 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
What's Wrong With Me?
THE PATIENT: Kurt*, a 66-year-old living on a pensionTHE SYMPTOMS: Unpredictable episodes of airway swellingTHE DOCTOR: Dr. Anette Bygum, dermatologist at Odense University Hospital in Denmark
3 min |
March 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Calling For Equality
Feminist Michael Kaufman on the benefits of diversity hiring, pride for our prime minister and why patriarchy hurts men, too.
2 min |
March 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Mealtime Mistakes
Five cooking habits that could be costing you essential nutrients, tricking you into overeating—or even making you sick.
2 min |
March 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Do Not Cross
How to set—and maintain—boundaries in your relationships.
5 min |
March 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Joe And The Whale
For more than 1,000 years, humans have been climbing into tiny boats to slay whales. New Brunswick fisherman Joe Howlett was part of the first generation to do the same thing to help them—and it cost him his life.
10+ min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
A Heart For Liam
When doctors discovered the six-year-old had a rare genetic abnormality, he and his mother began the long, uncertain wait for a transplant
7 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Getting Angry, The Right Way
How to harness your rage and reap the rewards
8 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
One Powerful Pipsqueak
My son was ruled by dread until a Silkie hen set him on the path to healing
3 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Is My Phone Spying On Me?
We ask Valerie Steeves, University of Ottawa surveillance expert
4 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Small Mercies
A moment of kindness from a stranger two decades ago made me a more generous person
3 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Managing Nosebleeds
Causes, treatments and when to worry
2 min |
June 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
The Miracle Baby
Nine years ago, an earthquake in Haiti caused carnage unlike anything the world had seen since the Second World War. This is the story of one child’s astonishing survival—and my journey to the heart of a country.
10+ min |
September 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Could I Be A Psychopath?
We ask Mark E. Olver, researcher on criminal behaviour.
3 min |
September 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
25 Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Dementia
New science, new hope.
10 min |
September 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
A Quiet Crisis
Most of the calls paramedics receive aren’t life-or-death emergencies. They’re placed by vulnerable people who are lonely, living in poverty and need someone to care.
9 min |
September 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
In Pursuit of the Pronghorn
My biologist father’s fascination with the prairie antelope helped me understand him better.
8 min |
September 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Health - Brain Pain
Identifying—and treating— the most common types of headaches.
2 min |
July/August 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
Country Music
The untold story of Canada’s anthem.
3 min |
July/August 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
The Art Of Staying Put
More than 90 per cent of Canadians want to live at home as long as possible. Here’s how to make it work.
9 min |
July/August 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
One Woman, Two Hands
How a stranger built a field of beauty, one daffodil bulb at a time.
2 min |
July/August 2019
Reader's Digest Canada
World Of Medicine
The first medication developed specifically to prevent migraines
1 min |
December 2018
Reader's Digest Canada
Wish Lists
Dayna Robinson, the coordinator of Canada Post’s Santa Letter Writing Program, on popular toys, requests for peace and the meaning of Saint Nick
2 min |
December 2018
Reader's Digest Canada
What's Wrong With Me?
Symptoms
3 min |
December 2018
Reader's Digest Canada
Ready To Party?
What you need to know about social anxiety and surviving the holiday season
4 min |
December 2018
Reader's Digest Canada
RD Recommends
Our top picks in TV, books and movies
2 min |
December 2018
Reader's Digest Canada
Hepatitis: Who's at Risk?
What you need to know about this medical condition.
2 min |
October 2017
Reader's Digest Canada
Secrets To A Smarter You
Want to be bright as a button and quick as a whip? Hone your wits by harnessing the power of words, languages and mnemonics.
4 min |