Zoomer Magazine

Zoomer magazine is as much a movement as a magazine, Zoomer amplifies a positive vision of aging while addressing its issues through its innovative blend of relevant policy and lifestyle content with a service-with-style positioning. Its key pillars are health, travel, finance and policy, with food and drink, arts, entertainment and pop culture as well as beauty, grooming and fashion in the mix.

From the Editor

Behind the scenes on this issue’s cover shoot

THIS WAY UP • RECENT PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY

TALKING ABOUT HIS GENERATION

A TROUBADOUR’S FINAL TESTAMENT

THE EMPEROR’S NEW OPERA

MID-LIFE CRISIS

WAR STORIES

JE ME SOUVIENS • Jean Chrétien’s new book recounts his long political life in a series of humorous and profound anecdotes

1 MAKING THE MOST OF THE LACKLUSTRE LOONIE • If you’re flying away this winter, we’ve got all the angles for your money, your health and a few ways to give those classic hot spots a new twist

2 PLAN AHEAD

3 RETHINK YOUR FAVOURITE DESTINATION • If you’re a snowbird who just can’t quit the traditional spots, here’s a fresh look at some old favourites

BREAKING THE BANK • Before the little piggy goes to market, here’s how to take account of the Big Six

INSPIRED TECH

MINERAL RICH

This Is Your Brain on Age • Food for thought: 10 new things to know now about the health and longevity of your mind

Aretha Franklin, Pancreatic Cancer & Me

A JAB WILL DO YOU

FUNNY MAN • High-school prankster, stand-up comic, TV star … now meet Howie Mandel, the newly minted mogul. The Canadian comic dishes with Jim Slotek on business, family and phobias, all jokes aside

A STAR IS REBORN • Two iconic women have already played Esther in A Star Is Born. As a buzzy reboot of the timeless classic hits theatres to rave reviews for Lady Gaga, Judy Garland’s daughter Lorna Luft re-counts her mother’s tragic turn in the role

From Kitchen to Kitsch • This holiday season, revel in schmaltz — chicken fat for the soul

CHEESE PLEASE

SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY

SCHMALTZ THE HALLS • This holiday season, play up the fun and pay homage to family gatherings gone by with heartwarming style. Decorate with tchotchke that tug at the heartstrings

STYLE ON SCHMALTZ • Embrace the holiday season and dress it up in some unabashedly corny nostalgia regalia

THE TALK • When is it time to address the elephant in the room and start parenting your parents? How to recognize the signs, have the conversation and avoid a family rift

Riding the Range • We get behind the wheel to explore this great big country of ours and, at the same time, test-drive technology, performance and even a relationship. Start the car. Let’s go for a ride

Two for the Road

See, Ma! No Hands!

Hand Muse • Memory, nostalgia and creativity converge in a wash of pink sand and blue skies. Anne O’Hagan revisits the Bahamas

BRAIN GAMES #60 IT’S A COVER-UP

SUDOKU

Wisdom of the Ages

Prophet of Zoom