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Funny Girl • How Indigenous people got their very own comedy night
LIFE’S LIKE THAT
Is It Good to Be Sad? • We ask psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld
What You Didn’t Know About Weather Prediction
POINTS TO PONDER
Open Up and Say Ha Ha • The surprising reasons laughing is good for you
NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE
LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE
THE BEST JOKE I EVER TOLD
WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME?
Conquer Your Everyday Aches and Pains • 11 STRATEGIES TO STOP THEM FROM HOLDING YOU BACK
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.
DOWN TO BUSINESS
Still Got It • Desire doesn’t have an expiry date. How I learned to keep feeling sexy after 60.
Going, Going, Sold!
WILD THING • A turkey lost in a Toronto park helped me find my post-retirement resilience
AS KIDS SEE IT
I Am a Stroke Survivor • What it feels like to endure—and recover from—a condition that kills 14,000 Canadians every year
WORLD WIDE WEIRD
Close Encounters • Making new friends as an adult starts with courage and vulnerability
Ghost Busted • How to tell if you’re being haunted
Horse of a Different Colour • During Roany’s final days, our extraordinary bond only grew stronger
IMMORTALITY AND US • In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, Commanding Hope, Canadian political scientist Thomas Homer-Dixon looks at how our fear of dying pushes us to solve common problems, seek spiritual guidance and accomplish the extraordinary
READER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB • It’s the perfect season to curl up with a good book. Here are our Fall 2020 picks.
BRAINTEASERS
TRIVIA
WORD POWER • First-aid skills can prove invaluable. Review these terms from common medical situations and be prepared.
SUDOKU
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