Your Stories

Thanks to everyone who submitted their true life stories to our Stranger Than Fiction challenges. The three winning stories are posted below. You can also check out other submissions that we've posted at random in our story archives.

• Challenge #1 winner (unusual childhood): Edgar Rudolph.
• Challenge #2 winner (bad behaviour): Jowita Bydlowska.
• Challenge #3 winner (dating disasters): Caitlin Galway.

• By Roxanne Lacroix (Gatineau, QC)
   
• By Elyne Quan (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Caitlyn Galway (Richmond Hill, ON)
   
• By Hazel Lebrun (Ottawa, ON)
   
• By Lima Al-Azzeh (North Vancouver, BC)
   
• By Sharron Bertchilde (Nanaimo, BC)
   
• By Nina Haikara (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Trish Davidson (Montreal, QC)
   
• By Dany Babin (Montreal, QC)
   
• By Wendy Turnbull (Vancouver, BC)
   
• By Ed Leung (Pickering, ON)
   
• By Courtney Stuart (Ottawa, ON)
   
• By Seth McDonough (New Westminster, BC)
   
• By Tiffany Morris (Halifax, NS)
   
• By Maria Mallozzi (Mississauga, ON)
   
• By Mary Ann Davis (Montreal, QC)
   
• By Wiley Ho (North Vancouver, BC)
   
• By S. Elasoff (Richmond, BC)
   
• By Laurie Burns (Halifax, NS)
   
• By Laurie Wells (Ponoka, AB)
   
• By Pascal Milelli (Vancouver, BC)
   
• By Corinne Goertzen (Steinbach, MB)
   
• By Donna Tone (Yarmouth, NS)
   
• By Michelle Mills (Cambridge, ON)
   
• By Eric Bossley (Surrey, BC)
   
• By Hanna Kelly (Ottawa, ON)
   
• By Jadzia Prenosil (Burnaby, BC)
   
• By Elizabeth Brooks (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Mary Milander (Waswanipi, QC)
   
• By Jessica Michalofsky (Victoria, BC)
   
• By Judy Millar (Nanaimo, BC)
   
• By C. B. Sikstrom (Cold Lake, AB)
   
• By Kelly Baker (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Alex Gierus (Beaconsfield, QC)
   
• By Sharon Reiner (Edmonton, AB)
   
• By Carolyne Proulx (Gatineau, QC)
   
• By Christine Millar (Dartmouth, NS)
   
• By Nicole McLaughlin (Grand Falls, NB)
   
• By Vanessa Shields (Windsor, ON)
   
• By Jock Mackenzie (Red Deer, AB)
   
• By Francis Litzinger (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Jowita Bydlowska (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Beverly Rasporich (Invermere, BC)
   
• By Collette Kearns (Unionville, ON)
   
• By June Messenger (Lachine, QC)
   
• By Jennifer Christman (Red Deer, AB)
   
• By Mary Jane More (Breslau, ON)
   
• By Jennifer Blair (Red Deer, AB)
   
• By G Giraudi (Mississauga, ON)
   
• By Charles Fisch (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Susan Elliott (Barrie, ON)
   
• By E. Craig McKay (Clarke's Beach, NL)
   
• By Bridget Canning (Burin, NL)
   
• By Helen Fletton (Canmore, AB)
   
• By Sheena Koo (Vancouver, BC)
   
• By Deborah Whelan (Mt. Pearl, NL)
   
• By Peter Seidman (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Merrianne Couture (Vancouver, BC)
   
• By Suzanne Sutherland (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Sally Barker (Victoria, BC)
   
• By Cindy Matthews (Petersburg, ON)
   
• By Robin McKenzie (Victoria, BC)
   
• By Sara Penny (Cambridge, ON)
   
• By Heather Cullen (Ottawa, ON)
   
• By Richard Tomkies (Halfmoon Bay, BC)
   
• By Nathaniel G. Moore (Toronto, ON)
   
• By Katrina Johnston (Victoria, BC)
   
• By Ann MacDonald (Whitehorse, YT)
   
• By John Stevens (Pemberton, BC)