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A Numbers Game • How mixing math and basketball became a winning combination for some Toronto students

GOOD NEWS • FIVE REASONS TO SMILE

Harnessing the Power of Design

LAUGH MORE. LIVE HEALTHIER. SPEND LESS.

LIFE’S LIKE THAT

Is Marriage Still Relevant? • We ask sociologist Lisa Strohschein

POINTS TO PONDER

Ease Your Mind • Mental-health podcasts to add to your playlist

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

Dizzy and Deaf • Hours after a massage, her world turned upside down

50 DIY SOLUTIONS FOR LIFE’S LITTLE DILEMMAS

WHEN THE BEATLES NOTICED ME • The day the Fab Four took over Toronto

AS KIDS SEE IT

HELP! CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? • TRAPPED DOWN AN EMBANKMENT, CORINE BASTIDE WAS LOSING HOPE SHE WOULD EVER BE FOUND

GIRL VS. ELK • A memorable encounter with the wildlife of the Canadian Rockies

Historic Highlights of an Iconic Magazine • February 2023 marks exactly 75 years since the English edition of Reader’s Digest Canada was launched. That was 26 years after it was first published in the United States (where it just celebrated its 100th anniversary). Here are some of the most significant moments in our long history.

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE

THE BEST JOKE I EVER TOLD

Thanks for the Memories • IN RECENT YEARS, THE MARKET FOR SPORTS COLLECTIBLES HAS EXPLODED AND IS NOW WORTH AN ESTIMATED $15 BILLION. IS THERE A COST TO TRADING IN OUR SENTIMENTAL SOUVENIRS?

13 PROVEN Folk Remedies • These treatments from around the world really work

MODERN ROMANCE

WILD AT HEART • The feral horses of Sable Island occupy a powerful place in the public imagination. What is the cost of continuing to let them roam free?

READER’S DIGEST TV CLUB • Cozy up with six of this winter’s most anticipated new shows

BRAINTEASERS

TRIVIA

WORD POWER • Take a bite out of these sweet-talking words, straight from the dessert cart

SUDOKU

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