Heartwarming

During trying times, it's important to count our blessings. We asked our readers, "What are you thankful for?" From important...

Not feeling the attitude of gratitude this year? Here's how to turn it around.

Through each monumental moment in life, there is something for our dogs to teach us—about love, friendship, family, identity, and...

For most of my life, I was a curly lone wolf. Then, two years ago, I saw her.

If only we as humans could live our lives in such a pure state as my beloved mongrel, Trout.

Fostering a pair of ducklings brought new joy to our home—until I discovered what awaited them back at the farm.

What was supposed to be a straightforward surgery left Verna Marzo on the brink of death. With less than a...

Learn how new discoveries about dogs' ability to detect disease will revolutionize medicine.

These fathers have a powerful way of showing their love.

While he may not have been to space, this new dad was truly out of this world.

Mom and I agreed long ago that our differences would always present challenges. But during the first lockdown of the...

Marilyn Helmer first began collecting spoons in 1962—and she hasn't looked back since.

Grandpa Millson’s family tour of St. Marys leaves no room for doubt: there really is no place like home!

In learning to be comfortable with what I don’t know, I’m realizing that the things that make me feel as...

David Shellnutt founded The Bike Brigade to deliver food and medical supplies to Toronto’s most vulnerable residents. Since the beginning...

During the 1960s, my father kept up a frequent correspondence with Maud Lewis, one of Canada’s most famous folk artists.

I knew I had a terminal illness and I wanted my three daughters to remember me in the many books...

With Fishing For Success in Petty Harbour, Newfoundlander Kimberley Orren hopes to bring women, children and a sense of community...

Eleanor was from the Prairies and Lois was from Newfoundland, but the distance didn't stop these two pen pals from...

With my kidneys failing and an interminable waiting list for an organ donation, my situation was dire—until I received the...

My grandmother loved a good game of cards, and she taught us to play through both love and loss. When...

After I won a button collection at the auction, I sat with the 89-year-old woman who had saved them and...

Every Christmas Eve, we eat cheese soufflé, tomatoes provençale and green beans in front of the fire. Here's why.

I anxiously listened for my cue line, “The time came for her to have her child,” and then, with nary...

Looking back, I wish I could tell my forlorn self a few things to assuage her fears.

One day, a woman began singing Celine Dion in the doctor's waiting room. I wasn't prepared for what happened next.

When Angela Jouris Saxe started her job, she realized that a school library is more than just a place to...

The story of Rick Cameron's battle for survival, the doctor who wouldn’t give up, and the Maritime community that rallied...

Fifty-three years after a tragic accident took the life of his mother, mechanic Don Mason received a phone call from...