Zoomer Magazine

LIFE … EMPOWERED For more than a decade, Zoomer magazine has celebrated perspectives on empowered aging. We offer a variety of solutions and strategies to keep you energetic and engaged. Our content is a targeted blend of the issues and concerns, the joys and triumphs, of this unique stage of your life.

Zoomer Magazine • VOLUME 40, NUMBER 1

Comfort & Joy

The Ups & Downs in the Journey

Football Gets Animated

The Rainbow Connection

Blast From the Past

The First Noel… The Tenors Did Sing

Portrait of an Artistic Explorer

Virtuoso Performance • A biopic moves Bernstein’s inner conflict to centre stage

Champagne Glasses and Awards Season Clashes

In Memoriam: Matthew Perry

From Stage to Screen and Back Again • Two musicals are introducing new generations to beloved cultural touchstones

Batten Down the Hatches • How to climate-proof your home

Welness Advice for Body, Mind & Spirit

The Second Time Around

A Brave Face • I’m often called courageous for how I face my illness and the surgeries needed to keep me alive. But it’s the men and women in white coats who deserve the title

Q&A With Rude Buttignol • The new CARP president is community-focused

Proceed with Caution • Your economic forecast for 2024

Why He Stands • ZoomerMedia CEO MOSES ZNAIMER talks with human rights lawyer IRWIN COTLER, who reflects on his life’s mission to right wrongs – work that is now focused on fighting Hamas, freeing the hostages and battling a rising tide of antisemitism at home

Modelling Inclusivity • Bethann Hardison led the fight for racial justice in the fashion industry – a trio of new documentaries, including her own, underscores the necessity

What A Rush! • Geddy Lee’s memoir, My Effin’ Life, hits both the high and low notes of a rock ’n’ roll journey

The Hunger Games • Ozempic may offer hope for older Canadians who’ve packed on the pounds. But some say it’s nothing more than an injectable diet with perhaps serious side-effects

AI, Robot • As the ElliQ social robot plays games with seniors and reminds them to take their pills, the debate over the ethical limits of artificial intelligence knows no boundaries

Hidden Garden • Most of us have at least one secret we’ll take to our grave. Jay Teitel explains how science supports our need to stay silent

Get Lost in the Urban Jungle • VERY, VERY GREEN AND NOT SO SERENE – GABRIELLE BAUER DISCOVERS THE REAL SINGAPORE

An Adventure Shared

The View From Here

Reimagined Historical Hotels in America’s Smaller Cities

Unexpected Design

Social Peak • From royalty to rock stars, Switzerland’s Gstaad is the place to ski and be seen, writes Antonia Whyatt

Let’s Get Lost • Tulum used to be a boho beach town at the end of a dirt track – now it’s getting its own airport. But if you know where to go, the magic is still there

Ian Hylton’s Nepal

Fashion Santa’s Workshop • Role model Paul Mason embodies the heart of the season

Bring On the Baubles! • Whether recycling statement pieces or upcycling old favourites, the royals have styling down to an art

To Every Season, a Scent • It’s the ideal moment to feel naughty with a spritz of something nice, says Deborah Fulsang

Tome for the Holidays • Whether you’re giving or receiving, everyone loves a coffee-table book. We’ve assembled the latest for lovers of art, travel, fashion and design

Make A Splash! • Ditch the turkey and the roast beef, because the ocean’s bounty provides all the wow factor you need for a holiday feast, in a fraction of the time

Moses’ Last Word/First Word