Reader's Digest Canada

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Screen Pals • Break the Divide connects teens worldwide to build empathy—and change

GOOD NEWS Five Reasons to smile

ACTS OF KINDNESS

Do I Have Seasonal Depression? • We quiz Deanne Simms, clinical health psychologist

POINTS TO PONDER

Is Intermittent Fasting Safe? • This dieting trend is said to inhibit dementia and other age-related diseases. Here are the facts.

News from the WORLD OF MEDICINE

Wrong Way Around • A woman’s X-ray reveals the astonishing reason for her lifetime of stomach pain

BOOST YOUR • EIGHT SCIENCE-BACKED SOLUTIONS TO HELP YOU FEEL YOUR BEST

6 6 Signs You Need More Than a Boost

MOTHER’S MINK • The fur coat I inherited reminds me of how I failed her—and yet I can’t seem to get rid of it

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

OVER THE EDGE • The tractor-trailer crashed through the bridge’s guardrail, leaving its cab dangling high over a river. Could they rescue the driver before it dropped?

How my Little Free Library helped build a community • Story Time

AS KIDS SEE IT

SHELL GAME • A MYSTERIOUS PARASITE IS KILLING CAPE BRETON’S OYSTERS. NOW SCIENTISTS AND INDIGENOUS HARVESTERS MAY HAVE DISCOVERED A SOLUTION TO SAVE THEM.

GOOD IN A CRISIS • How to prepare for a natural disaster

Only the Lonely • How Roy Orbison helped me make a new friend

There’s Something Wrong With Omma • We weren’t prepared for my mother-in-law’s dementia—or the care that she truly needed

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE

THE BEST JOKE I EVER TOLD

MY ESCAPE • AFTER THE PRESIDENT OF THE GAMBIA RAPED ME, I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO RUN

When We Lost Our Heads

BRAINTEASERS

TRIVIA

WORD POWER • Deserts cover nearly one-tenth of the planet. Master this vocabulary and you’ll be the toast of the oasis.

CROSSWORD • Active Body

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