Reader's Digest Canada

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LETTERS

Reader’s Digest Canada

The Bird Doctor

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Modification • A Queensland mechanic customizes bikes so veterans can get riding again

A GRANDMOTHER’S LISTENING EAR

LIFE’S LIKE THAT

Sniff of Spring • Up to one in four Canadians suffer from seasonal allergies. With climate change, they’re getting worse.

LIFTING WEIGHTS REJUVENATES SKIN

LAUGHTER THE BEST Medicine

Making Frybread • This greasy fried delight tells a story of both resilience and community

AS KIDS SEE IT

13 Fast-Moving Facts About Driving

QUOTABLE QUOTES

Small But Mighty • Remarkable stories of children and teens making the world a better place, one astonishing act at a time

TAXI SERVICE IN A WAR ZONE • As the Sudanese capital descended into chaos, two young men leaped into action

My Stutter, Myself • If others don’t notice my stutter, can I really call myself a stutterer?

Breathing New Life into the Funeral Business • A wave of start-ups aims to make end-of-life planning cheaper, easier and more meaningful

A SYMPHONY OF IRRITATION

INTO THE LIGHT • Doctors used to tell people who had suffered concussions to sit in a dark room until they felt better. Now they have entirely different advice—and much better results.

In Defense of RATS • They’re intelligent, resourceful—and misunderstood. Can we learn to live with them?

Ping-Pong for All • WHAT STARTED AS AN ENTERTAINING GAME AMONG FRIENDS AND FAMILY HAS GROWN INTO A COMMUNITY-BUILDING SPORT THAT CAN BE PLAYED ALMOST ANYWHERE, BY ANYONE, AT MINIMAL COST

NEXT STOP WHO KNOWS? • We wanted to do a once-in-a-lifetime trek in northern Laos. Just getting there became the adventure.

A MOTHER’S CONVICTION • AFTER ALL FOUR OF KATHLEEN FOLBIGG’S CHILDREN DIED IN INFANCY, A COURT FOUND HER GUILTY OF MURDER.

Brain GAMES SHARPEN YOUR MIND

SUDOKU

TRIVIA

Bird People

WORD POWER • April showers bring May flowers—or at least that’s how the old saying goes—so grab your galoshes and prepare to be inundated with the language of rainy days: as overcast, drizzly and downright pluviose as they come. Or stay warm and dry indoors, venturing outside only to take in the petrichor after the storm.

A TRUSTED FRIEND IN A COMPLICATED WORLD • Helping Hands by Nikki Ernst, exclusively for Reader’s Digest

LAUGH MORE. LIVE HEALTHIER. SPEND LESS