Reader\'s Digest Canada - 10.2019

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drama in real life

The Old Man and

the Mountain

At 92, Bill McDonnell

was still an expert hiker

and hunter of Virginia’s

Shenandoah Valley. But

on a frigid December

day, the war vet took

one shortcut too many.

ROBERT NELSON

FROMWASHINGTONIAN

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family

Found: Family

With the help of DNA

kits, these four Canad-

ians tracked down lost

relatives—or ones they

never knew existed.

INTERVIEWS BY CHRISTINA

GONZALES FROM TORONTO LIFE

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heart

I Aquafit

A love letter to the

stroke survivors, octo-

genarians and ridicu-

lous polka-dotted

shower caps in the

pool.

JUDITH TIMSON

FROM THE TORONTO STAR

Features

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cover story

HOW THE CLIMATE

CRISIS IS MAKING

CANADIANS SICK

LISA BENDALL

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