Reader's Digest Canada

Canada's most read, most trusted magazine. Inspiring real-life stories, laugh-out-loud humour, and insightful articles about health, lifestyles, and truly remarkable Canadians, Reader's Digest touches your life and connects you to the world around you -- now that's "life well shared".

Who Are You Calling Great?

Readers Digest

LETTERS

Technically Speaking • Mentors helping seniors become computer savvy

GOOD NEWS • FIVE REASONS TO SMILE

How Mariachi Brings a City Together

Are Our Euthanasia Laws Effective? • We quiz Stefanie Green, author of This Is Assisted Dying

POINTS TO PONDER

Sticker Shocked • Use these apps to keep your grocery bill in check

What’s “Shrinkflation”?

Sit and Stretch • How chair yoga makes exercise easy

NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF MEDICINE

A Strange Spot • Was the growing shadow in his chest making his heart race?

20 TRUE CANADIAN HEROES • A CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT TRAILBLAZERS, VISIONARIES AND INVENTORS WHO’ VE SHAPED OUR COUNTRY

OUT OF BREATH • How asthma became one of the most over-diagnosed diseases in Canada

TWICE LOST, TWICE FOUND • Two fishermen discovered a nine-year-old floating alone in the middle of the ocean. Thirty-five years later, Desireé Rodriguez reunited with her rescuers.

AS KIDS SEE IT

Yours Truly • A collection of family letters contained a lifetime of surprises

WHAT’S SO FUNNY? • In the end, my Mom and I finally made one another laugh

THE TWIST • A DNA TEST SENT ME ON A SEARCH FOR MY BIOLOGICAL DAD—AND MY TRUE IDENTITY

BRAVE NEW WORLD

The Hang-Up • I quit my smartphone—and I’ve never been happier

NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY • SOMETIMES THE BEST CURE IS AVAILABLE RIGHT IN YOUR OWN HOME

LAUGHTER • THE BEST MEDICINE

THE BEST JOKE I EVER TOLD

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE • HELEN NASLUND ENDURED THREE DECADES OF ABUSE BY HE HUSBAND. ONE NIGHT, SHE FINALLY HAD ENOUGH.

THE PANDEMIC AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

READER’S DIGEST BOOK CLUB • This spring’s best page-turners

TRIVIA

WORD POWER • Leo Tolstoy was not known for brevity—his War and Peace clocks in at 587,287 words. Test your knowledge of Russian culture with these terms from his books.

SUDOKU

A Bunch of Munsch