Reader\'s Digest Canada - 05.2020

or no questions you may have about life, love and the universe in general. For example: “Should I propose to my girlfriend of si ...

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WITH ONLY MONTHS TO LIVE, BRIAN BRETT SURROUNDED HIMSELF WITH STOLEN BEAUTY The Flower Thief FROMTHE TYEE reader’s digest rd.ca ...

(PREVIOUS SPREAD) ISTOCK.COM/SRDICPHOTO I am the flower thief of Vancou- ver. I’ve been a predator of beauty all my life, and be ...

PHOTOGRAPH BY BARRY PETERSON AND BLAISE ENRIGHT a crud, especially since I’ve never been able to grow a sunflower as large as th ...

I still believed I was unkillable, though I suspect everyone thinks that when they receive the death penalty. I continued on my ...

magnolia as I returned down the side- walk. Now I feel guilty about that one. She might have been harassed by a local gang or wa ...

your children show up and ask what you’re eating? — @MOMMAJESSIEC Four-year-old student: Mrs. P., did you notice I’m getting tal ...

Send us your original jokes! You could earn $50 and be featured in the magazine. See page 7 or rd.ca/joke for details. Student: ...

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ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA, EXCEPT AS NOTED On the eve of her retirement, a look at ballet star Karen ...

1971 (top) Kain met the Russian ballet icon Rudolf Nureyev when they danced together in The Sleeping Beauty. “Even though I was ...

CBC STILL PHOTO COLLECTION 1979 For The Karen Kain Super- special, a giggly, Law- rence Welk–style CBC variety show, she acted i ...

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1994 (left) The Actress, an exceptionally difficult ballet loosely modelled on Kain’s life and career and co-starring her go-to ...

2017 (right) In the ’70s, Kain was part of a small group that plotted to help Russian ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov defect fro ...

SHUTTERSTOCK/MARINAD_37 Dear cereal makers, exactly how tall do you think kitchen cabinet shelves are? — @ANNIEMUMARY A frittata ...

FULLER HOUSE How to keep the peace with three generations living under one roof MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, Georgii, loves to spoil her gr ...

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It hasn’t always been as easy as that, though. We’ve had disagreements about grocery bills, parking spots, what consti- tutes a ...