True Stories

High over northern Russia, an airplane's control systems begin switching off, one by one. Read on to find out exactly...

In 1952, Alphonse Pelletier was ready to leave Canada to serve on the battlefields in Korea. What he wasn't willing...

Founded by retired paramedic Lisa Jennings, You Are Not Alone PTSD BC is a support and advocacy group for first...

This tiny Gold Rush relic 470 kilometres from Whitehorse has 20 residents, two bars and a pizza joint. It's also...

Equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious, 20 people confess how they learned the truth about Santa Claus.

With so many terrible news developments around the world, these inspirational stories are guaranteed to bring a smile to your...

Long a keen shutterbug, airline pilot Paul Fox is sharing his impressive aerial photography to the world.

What first appeared to be a germ cell tumour—one of the most common cancers found in teens—turned out to be...

Food fraud is big business across Europe—and it kills. But investigators are turning up the heat on the gangs behind...

While headlines are meant to shock and surprise us, these stories reveal the true wackiness of the world in which...

Imagine discovering as an adult that another person has been living an entirely different life with your face, temperament and...

Word to the wise: Don't rob a bank while disguised as yourself.

Hand tremors made it so Kyle, for his whole life, was unable to hold a cup of coffee or sign...

Judy Rebick, the prominent Canadian activist and feminist, speaks about childhood abuse, her personal #MeToo and where the women’s movement...

There's a reason psychologists say that vacationing is among the most stressful of life events, right alongside changing jobs, moving...

When two young boys get sucked out to sea off Florida's panhandle, dozens of beachgoers must band together to save...

Behind every great Canadian is a mentor or role model who sparked that greatness. Here, 10 public figures reveal the...

The famous chef said he wanted to shoot an episode of Parts Unknown in Afghanistan—so what could he possibly have...

Planning a wedding? Make sure to read these tales before you choose a ring bearer.

As these quirky tales prove, mail delivery is anything but a boring job.

It's hard to nail down the 20 dumbest ones we've seen. Let's face it: they're all contenders. But here's our...

Natalia Martinez's ambition to stake a claim for female climbers took her to Canada's highest peak. That same determination would...

Most of the time, DIY electrical work is no joke…but sometimes it is. These handymen made some pretty big mistakes...

In 1980, Reader's Digest commissioned reports on tidal conditions and the speed of the car on the night of the...

There was only one thing Casey the parrot wouldn't say—and it was the one thing Pat Myers wanted to hear...

Does thinking back to your senior prom make you smile­—or make you queasy? In either case, May and June are...

Part of an ongoing tribute to honour Canada's war veterans.

After being diagnosed with breast cancer days apart, Rebecca Hollingsworth and Mary Ellen Hughson are raising money for state-of-the-art equipment...

Even though many of these items are extremely large and worth millions of dollars, these determined criminals still managed to...