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Best Friends Win Million Dollar Lottery and Spread the Wealth in Hometown to Help Others
Besties JoAnn MacQueen and Marlisa Mercer won a million dollars playing the lottery, and immediately decided to keep the good vibes rolling by giving...
Your Inspired Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
World’s Oldest Brain Has Been Found in Remains of a 3-Eyed Giant Prawn From Half-Billion Years Ago
The world's oldest brain has been found in the remains of a three-eyed prawn that swam the oceans more than half a billion years...
Rare Orchid Thought to Be Extinct in Vermont For 120 Years is Rediscovered – Biologists Call it ‘Astonishing’
Botanists with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department confirmed that they've discovered a population of small orchids believed to be extinct in Vermont since...
The Painting Paid for Grilled Cheese Sandwiches 50 Years Ago – Now Earns the Restaurant Thousands
When John Kinnear bought a selection of paintings for an impoverished Nova Scotia painter, his chief hope was that they might buy him a...
A Pod of Whales Adopted a Young Stray Narwhal – and They May Have Little ‘Narwhales’
It's rare to find a narwhal as far south as Canada's St. Lawrence river, but it does occasionally happen.
But when a narwhal travels so...
1,000 Doctors Now Prescribing Nature By Giving Free Admissions With National Park Passes
Possessing parallel tracts of stunning and unspoiled lands, Canadian healthcare practitioners are joining onto an American movement to prescribe national parks to improve their...
Toronto is Replacing Air Conditioners With Deep Lake Water to Cool Hundreds of Buildings
180 Toronto buildings have ditched energy intensive air-conditioning in favor of cooling by pumping frigid waters from the depths of Lake Ontario through pipes...
Fashion Designer Makes Shoes that Grow into Apple Trees, Instead of Growing Landfills
The legend of Johnny Appleseed: the man who walked about Ontario and the northern United States spreading apple pips, takes root in a new...
Inspired to Save Their Arctic Home, This First Nation Installs 300KW Solar Station
Ontario's northernmost First Nation has switched on a 300 kilowatt solar power station, freeing them from the burden of flying diesel by charter plane...
She Invited a Homeless Man For Dinner – Now Her Crowdfunding Has Secured Her New Friend a Tiny Home
When you see a homeless person on the street, do you ignore them? Hand them some spare change? Direct them to the nearest social...
An Epic Adventure Few have Heard of: ‘The Great Loop’ Circles the Eastern US on Waterways Never Far from Shore
Most tours across America tend to involve a long series of flights, or a road trip of 16-hour driving days plotting a course between...
The Sewing Machine Project is Mending Lives Stitch By Stitch
Sewing is a craft that’s been passed down through the ages from mother to daughter and from father to son. Traditionally, it’s also served...
See Rare Sunrise Spectacular As Solar Eclipse Hits Parts of U.S. and Canada This Week
It's time to dig out the solar glasses from the back of the cupboard, because on the morning of June 10—that's this Thursday—the Sun,...
Concerned Farmer Uses Drone to Check on Sick Calf
JuJube the calf is facing some serious challenges, but farmer Dave is doing everything he can to ensure it grows up to enjoy life...
Prancer the ‘Demonic Chihuahua’ Who Went Viral Finds Dream Forever Home
Some pet owners get a kick from dressing their mellow-tempered puppers in ‘Chuckie’ garb for Halloween, but in everyday life, when dogs aren’t treated...
Dog Saved From Icy River After 4 Days Gets Adopted by Rescuer – And a New Name ‘Miracle’
For four days and three nights this past February, a dog stranded on an ice floe in the frigid waters of the Detroit River...
Senior Takes Hundreds of Thank-you Cards to Truck Stops During Pandemic to Show Drivers Her Gratitude
A little kindness can go along way, and that’s certainly true for one Canadian senior who’s getting a lot of mileage by handing out...
Mother of NHL Hockey Star Donates Kidney to Ice Rink Manager Who Kept Her Kids Out of Trouble
To make it in any professional sport takes skill, determination, and practice. Having someone who believes in you and goes out of their way...
IKEA’s New Cookbook Puts Kitchen Scraps to Good Use With 50 Recipes From Top Chefs
IKEA's recent collaboration with 10 super chefs led to the creation of a new kind of scrapbook—one that contains recipes made from food scraps.
Utilizing...