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.
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SUMMER OF ’69
THIS WAY UP • RECENT PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY
Roxodus Music Fest • JULY 11-14
YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW
THE BIG 9-0
Fun in the Sun • With easy summer accessories and hard-working swimwear
Feast or Fast • …but not famine. In this issue’s House Call, Dr. Zachary Levine chews on the benefits of fasting
There’s Always a Next Act
QUESTION PERIOD • Ahead of the federal election, the finance minister visits CARP Town Hall and defends the Liberals’ record on seniors
THE Troubadour NEXT DOOR • With a voice that can melt butter and frontman good looks to match, Jim Cuddy has had us singing along for four decades. Jim Slotek meets the musician, who shows no signs of slowing down, for what’s next on his playlist
It Was 50 Years Ago Today
The Other Side of Stonewall • The marginalized activists behind the moment that created a movement finally get their due
Once We Were Stardust • Are you experienced? Brian D. Johnson examines the paradox of Woodstock
Summertime and the Readin’ is Easy • … especially with our red-hot summer reading list, courtesy of Zed: The Zoomer Book Club
YOU’VE GOT GAME • From virtual to reality, the art of play, Bert Archer discovers, has a connective and rejuvenating power that serves us well through every age
Right on ’Cue • It’s time to up your grill game. But it’s not all about the meat, says Vivian Vassos, as adopting more of a plant-based diet is fanning the (charcoal-fuelled) flames of foodie creativity
SURF&TURF • Culinary Tofino. Yes, it’s a Canadian foodie movement that’s gone beyond just having a moment. Alyssa Schwartz gets the dish on Vancouver Island
POSTCARD FROM THE EAST • When a London-based couple crossed the pond to settle in Canada, they brought their publishing chops to cook up a whole new way of looking at Atlantic Canada
CROSS-BORDER CRUISE • By land or at sea, Arlene Stacey’s change of perspective reinforces that there really is no place for first-time experiences like home
MY FRIENDS ALL DRIVE PORSCHES • And for three days in Nova Scotia and on the Cabot Trail, so did Arlene Stacey
PARKS & RECREATION • For these women, a decades-long summer ritual of water and the wilds of Algonquin Park is more than just a girls’ trip
Moses’ Last Word/First Word