Zoomer Magazine

ZOOMER is Canada’s exciting magazine for Canadians 45 and up. Each issue brings you tips on living healthy, staying fit, and making your money last. Enjoy travel advice, arts and food reviews, stylish shopping, health breakthroughs and secrets to successful intimacy. Plus, meet fascinating celebrities, spiritual leaders, authors and more!

Zoomer Magazine • VOLUME 41, NUMBER 3

Contributors Letter

WITH GLOWING HEARTS Editor-in-Chief & Publisher: Suzanne Boyd

Zoomer DMs

Frontis: A Digest of News and Views to Inspire Body, Mind and Spirit

In Small Doses • Weight-loss drugs are being touted for treating everything from skin to arthritis to mental alertness

How to Be Happy; Fat Chance; A New Spectacle; Old Habits Die Hard

Later in Love: True-Blue Love

The Oldie Index: Defying Ageism, One Senior Moment at a Time • Defying ageism, one senior moment at a time

The Non-Retirement Plan: At 77, J.M. Kearns Shares His Songs With the World • AN ACADEMIC FULFILLS A DREAM TO SHARE HIS SONGS WITH THE WORLD AT AGE 77

Style With Attitude: Peter Papapetrou Knows What You Should See In the Mirror • STYLE EXPERT AND TV PERSONALITY WHO KNOWS WHAT YOU SHOULD SEE IN THE MIRROR, AGE 53

Counter Culture: New Spring Scents Make Lasting Impressions • Did you know that pop artist Andy Warhol was passionate about fragrance? He changed his perfume every few months in order to access that Proustian moment of scent-induced memory. So, in the spirit of the provocateur himself, indulge in one or two or more of these perfumes to paint an olfactory picture of spring

Zoom In Exchange: Money News and Views That Matter to You

Agenda: Fiscal Face Off Between Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre • Trade wars and economic visions collide in the race to become Canada’s next leader

POV: Following Cancer Treatment, I Finally Like What I See in the Mirror • After cancer, I finally love the way I look again

When John Met Yoko: A Fresh Look at one of the 20th Century’s Most Important Couples • LENNON & ONO WERE EQUAL PARTNERS AND A CREATIVE FORCE TODAY YOKO EMBODIES THEIR LEGACY OF MUSIC, ART & ACTIVISM AND MATTERS MORE THAN EVER

The Bold Type: Bright and Beautiful Looks From Celebrity Makeup Artist Tana D’Amico • Think about makeup. Have a spring awakening with bright colour and pro-level application techniques from one of Canada’s top makeup artists

The Ageism of Cancer: Older Patients Aren’t Getting the Care They Need • Too few older patients receive the gold standard for assessment and care

Outta Charge: The EV World Hasn’t Quite Lived Up to its Promise – But Don’t Unplug Just Yet • The EV world hasn’t quite lived up to its promise – but don’t unplug just yet

So We Beat On: As F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby Turns 100, the Novel’s Influence is Omnipresent • As F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby turns 100, the novel’s influence is omnipresent

Frontis: Mapped: Water Colour: Falling for the Immeasurable Beauty of Venice — and its Cookies • Amy Rosen went to Venice to finish her novel. The floating city – and her shipmates – had other ideas

Experiences: The Ultimate Urban Swim; Fulfill Your Piratical Dreams

The View From Here: Skywatching at Métis Crossing in Alberta

Far & Wide: Bradley Sutherland’s Greece • This frequent flyer makes the most of his dream job as head of business development at Air Canada. With the world at his wing tips, Bradley Sutherland keeps finding himself drawn back to the beauty and serenity of the Greek islands

Staying in Tune: Follow the Crooked Road Through the Appalachians to the Roots of Country Music • Arguably the swankiest spot on the planet, Monaco – the second-smallest country in the world – is the French-speaking,...