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LETTERS

Pedal Power • How a group of cyclists help deliver vital supplies to people in need

GOOD NEWS FIVE REASONS TO SMILE

Combating Mental Illness—with Owls

When Will We Live on the Moon? • We quiz astronaut and author Chris Hadfield

POINTS TO PONDER

Can Stress Give You Ulcers? • Most people believe it can, but the answer is more complicated

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

Punch to the Gut • He thought he had Crohn’s, but then his symptoms kept getting worse

I SURVIVED! • WHEN FACED WITH CERTAIN DEATH, IT TAKES BRAVERY, DETERMINATION—AND PLENTY OF LUCK. THE STORIES OF FOUR PEOPLE WHO LIVED TO TELL.

SECOND CHANCES • One man’s incredible cross-country trek to meet the family who gave him a new heart

My Baby Brooklyn • Now that I’m a parent, I’ve discovered how much my dog taught me about maternal love

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE

THE BEST JOKE I EVER TOLD • There was a sign on the fridge at every place I’ve ever worked that said, “Eat your own food, Sam.”

The Diagnosis • For 30 years, Tracey Mellis struggled with a miserable, messy life. Then she found out why.

A Hidden Burden

LIFE’S LIKE THAT

Teen Talk • When my eldest hit adolescence, our relationship hit the rocks. Here’s how I got us back on track.

AS KIDS SEE IT • “I showed my parents my report card. They think you can do better.”

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE • SCIENTISTS AND AMATEUR UFO SPOTTERS ARE CLOSER TO PROVING THAT WE’RE NOT ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE

BRAVE NEW WORLD • “I demand to speak to the robot in charge.”

The Pieces That Remain • For the last nine years, I’ve paid tribute to my late mother by wearing her clothes

IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU • In fourth grade, I wrote a breakup letter to the Almighty

EDITORS’ CHOICE • In 2016, three decades after immigrating from Uganda, George Otto had the life he’d always wanted. He lived with his wife and four kids in a leafy, cushy gated community in Richmond Hill, Ont. He’d bought his stone mansion in 2011 for $2.5 million. The house had six bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and a double-level five-car garage, where he parked his black Lexus.

A BY-THE-NUMBERS LOOK AT THE OPIOID CRISIS IN CANADA

READER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB • The award-winning novelist returns with a brooding western set in 1930s Alberta

BRAINTEASERS

TRIVIA

WORD POWER • Life is a gamble. Know your chances with these terms of good and bad fortune.

SUDOKU

Vowel Play