True Stories

How Adopting a Puppy Helped My Family Through the Pandemic

At first I worried adopting a pandemic puppy would make this time more stressful, but I couldn't have been more...


He Was Dangling Upside Down From An Airplane When Two Pilots Came To His Rescue

When Walter Osipoff’s parachute caught on his plane’s tail, leaving him dangling high above San Diego, his only hope was...


How Indigenous People Got Their Very Own Comedy Night

Janelle Niles started the comedy show Got Land? to help bring more Indigenous voices to the big stage.


How a Lost Turkey Helped Me Find My Way

I was nearing retirement when I found the wild bird in a Toronto park. This is what she taught me...


How I Said Goodbye to My Beloved Horse

During my horse Roany’s final days, our extraordinary bond only grew stronger.


13 Haunted House Mysteries No One Can Explain

These sinister structures hide dark and horrible secrets.


This Hiker Saved the Life of an Alaskan Timber Wolf—4 Years Later the Wolf Still Remembered Him

Deep in the Alaskan wilderness, a prospector comes to the rescue of an injured mother wolf and her pups, and...


This Is What It Feels Like to Suffer—and Recover From—a Stroke

What it feels like to endure—and recover from—a condition that kills 14,000 Canadians every year.

To Get Help, This Man Had To Leave His Kids on a Cliff. He Prayed They Would Survive

God asks us to forgive others, but if you’re responsible for your children’s demise, how do you ever forgive yourself?


This 10-Year-Old Got Impaled By A Skewer. Could Doctors Remove It In Time?

Xavier Cunningham fell onto a rotisserie skewer and impaled his face. Doctors couldn’t believe he was still alive.


After a Horrific Car Crash, Her Odds of Survival Were Just 100 to One

A devastating collision left Molei Wright's head attached to her shoulders by nothing but skin and muscle. Even if her...


This is Canada’s Most Autism-Friendly Town

The heartwarming story of how a support group for parents of children with autism inspired an entire town to be...


16 Acts of Kindness That Will Bring a Smile to Your Face

We invited you to nominate fellow Canadians who, during this terrible year, demonstrated the benefits of being nice. Meet the...


13 of the Most Expensive Mistakes Ever Made

Everybody makes mistakes, but some are more high stakes than others. The next time you goof up, remember it can...



‘He Caused Me to Challenge My Faith’: How Charlie Otero Survived the BTK Killer

After a serial killer brutally murdered his family, Charlie Otero went from the honour roll to life as a paranoid...


How Three Brothers Escaped from Communist East Germany

Over the course of 14 years, three siblings risked their lives and took on the Berlin Wall one-by-one.

This Is What It’s Really Like to Have Epilepsy

Epilepsy nearly took Emily Borghard's life before she was diagnosed—she's not only learned to live with the condition, but thrive...


I’m Living in a Long-Term Care Home During COVID-19—Here’s How I’m Coping

An 87-year-old resident of a long-term care facility hit hard by COVID-19 shares his hopes, fears and daily struggles of...


How My Mother-in-Law’s Casserole Brought Us Together During Quarantine

Even though she lost her husband of 50 years two months before lockdown, my mother-in-law still delivered dinners and other...


Penny Will Pull Through

During the COVID-19 lockdown, the recovery of a beloved family pet provides hope that there is light at the end...


Klaatu Guitarist Dee Long on Hope in the Age of COVID-19

"The COVID-19 pandemic is showing us that we must move forward from here without anger, hate or politics of fear....


How One Ontario Playground Reinvented the Way Kids Have Fun

When it opened in 1972, there was nothing quite like it. How Children's Village at Toronto's Ontario Place changed the...

A Snakebite Turned This Woman’s Thailand Vacation Into a Fight for Her Life

Doctors raced to find an antidote as the snake’s venom spread through Shalabha Kalliath’s body, attacking her organs and inching...


Remembering Freddy, Our Blue Bird of Happiness

A loving tribute to a budgie named Freddy—gone now, but not forgotten.


The Most Bizarre Things Librarians Have Found in Returned Books

According to this librarian, people will use *anything* for a bookmark.


COVID-19 Cancelled Our Wedding—Until a Good Samaritan Stepped In

Getting married in the middle of a pandemic may sound crazy, but if COVID-19 has taught us one thing, it's...


10 Clever Ways People Are Celebrating Birthdays Under Quarantine

While COVID-19 may have limited people's abilities to actively go out and celebrate their birthdays, that doesn't mean creative celebrations...


13 Nurses Share Heartwarming Stories from Behind-the-Scenes of COVID-19

These frontline workers spend lots of time bedside—bringing joy to patients and fellow nurses. Here's a glimpse at how they've...