True Stories

If you're looking to take a master class in humour, look no further than our country's classrooms.

A dead bat isn't the kind of protein most people are looking for in their salad.

Lauren McKeon shares an unbreakable bond with her special needs sister that defies stereotypes.

Check out this round up of unbelievably wild raging fire stories you probably won't see in the news.

After years of terrifying hallucinations, I finally learned to stop worrying and love sleep.

The first lady famously charmed France’s president Charles de Gaulle, but Britain’s sovereign was another matter. Here’s what didn’t make...

Alternative facts have always been with us, and they've always been used to cover up uncomfortable truths. Here's some history...

The world is an amazing place, and travelling is a great way to expand your horizons. But these vacations went...

Professor Jim Tucker thinks that past lives are possible. Here are three startling accounts of children who may have been...

With 62 nations attending, Expo 67 is considered the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century. Kathy McAlpine looks...

In a story that first appeared in Reader's Digest in 2003, the former Pittsburgh Steeler centre shrugged off repeated brain...

"And I've got the right to remain silent!"

Fleeing persecution in the USSR, this Mennonite preacher and his family found freedom on these welcoming shores.

In 2015, college student Kris Chung donated part of his liver to save the life of a child he’d never...

This industrious farmer came from Denmark with ten dollars in his pocket and ended up being awarded the Order of...

These three outrageous stories about weird workplaces prove that not everyone's job is business as usual.

As the flames were being quelled and the ash was settling, Canadians from coast to coast stepped up to help...

When Kirk Alexander went missing for 11 days, help came from the most unlikely source: his neighbourhood pizza parlour.

Charlie Russell spent 10 years living with bears in Eastern Russia. Now he's out to show Canada that humans and...