Reader's Digest Canada

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Yes to Kindness

Readers Digest Canada • PUBLISHED BY THE READER’S DIGEST MAGAZINES CANADA LIMITED, MONTREAL, CANADA

CONTRIBUTORS

LETTERS

Rise Up • How a house party inspired a support network for transgender women

LIFE’S LIKE THAT

Can I Become Funnier? • We ask comedian Deborah Kimmett

What You Didn’t Know About Safer Sex

POINTS TO PONDER

Wakey, Wakey • Caffeine is mostly safe and might even prevent dementia, but it comes with risks

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME?

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.

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.

Next-Door Strangers • As Canada retreated into self-isolation, I tried to be a good neighbour from a distance

AS KIDS SEE IT

A NEW MOURNING • Traditional tips for modern grief

It’s Time to Have “The Talk” • Four tips for starting the conversation about end-of-life wishes.

WORLD WIDE WEIRD

Barnyard Yuks

THE CALVING GROUNDS • How Americans vote this fall will ultimately determine whether oil exploration commences in the Arctic Refuge—threatening the caribou and the Gwich’in people who hunt them

DOWN TO BUSINESS

Words of Wellness • The surprising reasons why reading is good for your health

HE SLIMED ME • My son’s obsession with his gooey creations has been my undoing

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.

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE

THE BEST JOKE I EVER TOLD

“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?

READER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB • Every month, we recommend a new must-read book. Here’s what you need to know.

BRAINTEASERS

TRIVIA

WORD POWER • Certain otherwise obscure words show up repeatedly in crossword grids because they’re short, full of vowels or both. Take your solving skills to the next level by studying some crosswordese.

SUDOKU

It’s All the Rage