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9 Canadian Celebrity Holiday Memories
We asked nine of our favourite Canadian celebrities to share their most memorable holiday moments with us. Here are the...
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The Reading List: 4 Great Books for December
Round out your winter reading list with these new releases.
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The Calming Power of Colouring Books
Once considered child's play, colouring books are now wildly popular among adults-and the craze continues to grow.
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Darcy Oake: The RD Interview
Canadian illusionist Darcy Oake talks suspending disbelief, working with birds and protecting the tricks of the magician's trade.
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The Real Reasons Canada Needs More Immigrants
Canada's immigration policies are a hot topic these days, but the fact remains that some of our country's future success...
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Paul Gross: The RD Interview
Actor and director Paul Gross talks Canadian talent, going grey and his new war movie, Hyena Road.
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Alan Thicke: The RD Interview
Alan Thicke, star of HGTV Canada's Unusually Thicke, talks family...
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How Summer Camp Shapes Lives
Ghost tales, happy trails, visiting day, sneaking away, learning to grin, playing to win, arts and crafts, endless laughs and...
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Courting Celebrities on Twitter
Historical figures tweet their online dating profiles.
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RD Interview: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie on activism, longevity and her new album, Power in the Blood.
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RD Interview: Margaret Trudeau
Margaret Trudeau on her new book, The Time of Your Life, what women need to keep in mind and how...
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The Secret to Mothering My Daughter
Teaching self-acceptance means learning my seven-year-old's language.
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Becoming My Mother
Sometimes overcoming what we dislike about our parents is a matter of just getting used to ourselves.
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We’re Looking for the Greatest Canadian Neighbours!
Do you have a funny, quirky or heartfelt story to share with us about how the person one, three or...
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Building Happiness
How much control do we have over our contentment?
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Why You Trust David Suzuki
The steadfast activist on hope for the future and why it comes down to older generations to shake things up.
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Reframing Losses
How to avoid letting narrow defeat mess with your head.
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Canada’s Most-Trusted Influencers, 2015
Reader's Digest hired market research firm Ipsos Reid to poll Canadians to determine in whom we place our confidence. Here,...
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RD Interview: Wab Kinew
The author of "The Reason You Walk" talks Canada Reads, dream interviews and what it's like to hear Paul McCartney...
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The Power of Friendship
The ties can be lifelong or newly found. They can run deeper than blood and outlive our intimacies with spouses...
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Drama in Real Life: 40 Hours Lost at Sea
Ordered to abandon ship in heavy weather, a badly injured second officer survives for nearly 40 hours in churning seas...
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RD Interview: Catherine O’Hara
One of Canada's favourite comedy legends talks witty women, Kardashian fashion and why being compared to slippers is a no...
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Department of Wit: Age by Design
A rallying cry for the old and stylish.
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The Dalai Lama’s Ski Day
During a trip to New Mexico, Tibet's spiritual leader checks out the state's snow-capped mountains-in his oxfords.
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“I Went From Scrooge to Santa”
Charles Edward Hall got the part of a lifetime when he was cast as Scrooge in the Radio City Christmas...
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Amazing Acts of Kindness
Our days are filled with random encounters. But occasionally a person who crosses our path does something unexpected, heroic or...
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Remembering Canada’s War Heroes
A groundskeeper watches over a cemetery of fallen soldiers in Normandy.
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Peer Pressure: What You Can Do About Poor Parenting
See a parent behaving badly? Here's when and how to step in.
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Hair Today, Hair Tomorrow: In Defence of Facial Hair
The satisfaction of a beard well worn.