Reader's Digest Canada

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Reader’s Digest Canada

LAUGH MORE. LIVE HEALTHIER. SPEND LESS.

Below the Surface

Cold Water Rescue • A quick-thinking waiter saves three women from drowning

GOOD NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Rainy days are good for…

LIFE’S LIKE THAT

Just in Case • Does your first aid kit have all the essentials?

Do Weighted Blankets Work?

News FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

LAUGHTER THE BEST MEDICINE

THE BEST JOKE I EVER TOLD

The taco is stewed in history A Mexican Beauty

A Bouquet of Facts About Flowers

QUOTABLE QUOTES

AS KIDS SEE IT

Let’s Be Friends • How to make lasting connections that lift you up

Back to the Poker Table • Men don’t make friends as easily as women do, and the pandemic didn’t exactly help. I’m glad to return to my dates with mates.

INTO THE FLAMES • There was little heroic about Nick Bostic’s life. He was troubled. Aimless. Then one night, everything changed.

THE PEOPLE’S FOREST • A ONCE-IGNORED WOODED ESCARPMENT SURROUNDED BY THE CONCRETE OF A MAJOR CITY HAS BECOME A REFUGE

Our Perfectly Imperfect Bodies

Can Hearing Loss Be Reversed? • The answer may be yes

PARADISE BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA • Dubrovnik has seen more than its share of calamities, but it has never lost its appealing spirit

CASHLE$$ CANADA? • The trend toward digital payments could shortchange this country’s most vulnerable

Thanks, mom • In honour of Mother’s Day, we asked readers to share what they have learned from one of life’s most influential teachers

Brain GAMES SHARPEN YOUR MIND

SUDOKU

WORD POWER • This issue, we’re all about keeping it brief with a roundup of useful acronyms from the worlds of IT, HR and EMS, among others. Pronouncing them is as easy as ABC: Just recite the letters and you’ll be GTG. ID these terms ASAP, then turn the page to see the answers spelled out.

TRIVIA

A TRUSTED FRIEND IN A COMPLICATED WORLD • Stripes and Feathers by Jacqui Oakley, exclusively for Reader’s Digest