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What It’s Like to Survive a Fire Tornado

Unstoppable wildfires are becoming the new normal. In 2018, an inferno that reached 1,500 degrees...

How a Solo Trip to the Azores Helped Me Overcome My Burnout

I arrived in my late-30s feeling burnt-out, anxious and disconnected. Travelling alone to Portugal's Azores...

What I Want the Medical Students Who Studied My Parents’ Donated Bodies to Know

After long lives and hard battles with illness, my parents lie beside each other in...

How One Toronto Woman Is Helping Others Pull Themselves Out of Poverty

After experiencing homelessness, Lia Grimanis wanted to help women in need. A career coaching session...

This Province Has the Longest Walk-In Clinic Wait Times in Canada

New data from website Medimap reveals that average walk-in clinic wait times are twice as...

This Is What Would Happen if a Meteorite Hit the Earth

We asked Robert Lamontagne, astrophysicist and the coordinator of the Centre for Research in Astrophysics...

How an Alberta Man with Autism is Inspiring Families to Rethink What Their Children Can Achieve

Brad Fremmerlid lives with autism and builds IKEA furniture better than anyone. He's launched his...

My First Winter in Toronto Was Colder Than I Could Have Imagined—But One Snowfall Made it All Worthwhile

When I moved to Canada from Sudan, I didn't quite think snow was real. Seeing...

I Came to Prince Edward Island as a Refugee—and Found Peace in the Canadian Winter

I was scared of the Canadian cold when I first arrived in P.E.I., but the...

10 Stunning Shots of Abandoned Places Around the World

From Bulgaria to Alaska to Namibia, these rare photos capture the eerie souls of places...

Doctors Thought This Woman’s Constant Itching Was in Her Head—the Real Cause Was Much Scarier

First Eva thought her apartment was infested with bed bugs. Then she thought she suffered...

What Can I Really Do About the Climate Crisis?

We asked Jessie Ma, energy-efficiency and storage researcher, to help answer one of our most...

How Climate Change is Making You Sick

Canada is heating up twice as fast as the world's average—and the climate change crisis...