Zoomer Magazine

Princess of Heart: The life and legacy of Diana, Princess of Wales. Plus, the rise of anti-Asian racism; celebrating grandparents; summer skin care; hot recipes; and the vintage-truck craze.

Zoomer Magazine • VOLUME 37, NUMBER 4

Embrace the Dream

PRINCE’S AMERICAN TIME CAPSULE

THIS WAY UP • THE PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY

WINNERS CIRCLE?

IT PAYS TO BE BAD

“Last Dance”

CONSTANT CRAVINGS • The peerless Canadian chanteuse k.d. lang drops a new album, a ’90s tribute that will have you dancing, full of Pride, in the streets. Ashante Infantry interviews the singer

Keep on Truckin’ • They baby them, constantly repair them and even name them. Dick Snyder talks to six Canadians who are obsessed with vintage trucks

The ER Diaries • Dr. Zachary Levine gives us the 911

SKY HIGH • Rocketing real estate values have older Canadians pondering whether to cash out on their hot properties or cash in on their soaring equity

Greatest Generation Not?

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE • Why more than 4,400 Ontario long-term care residents didn’t have to die

PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH (1921 - 2021)

PRINCESS of HEART • In her short time on earth, Diana Spencer changed the monarchy and touched the world. Leanne Delap examines her legacy on what would have been her 60th birthday

DRESSED to IMPRESS • You can chart Diana’s emergence as a fashion icon from fresh-faced ingenue to ’80s fashion plate to polished working mom by the contents of her closet on display during three royal tours of Canada

AT YOUR SERVICE • Richard Berthelsen, CTV’s royal commentator, has served four governors general and lieutenant-governors and helped organize royal visits since 1978. We asked him about the role of the monarchy in Canadian life

The First MODERN ROYAL • When Antony Armstrong-Jones married Princess Margaret in the first televised royal wedding, the man later known as Lord Snowdon was an instant star

Love, Lust & Leonard Cohen • Dive into a nostalgic novel that takes us to a bohemian artists’ enclave on Hydra in 1960

THE BURDEN OF HATE • As anti-Asian violence accelerates, Pay Chen beseeches Canadians to educate themselves about our racist past, microaggressions and the model minority myth

NO GREATER LOVE • After COVID-19 paused visits with his granddaughter, Jay Teitel reflects on how the generation gap allowed space for a special bond to flourish

HERE COMES THE SUN • And its rays are getting stronger. Sharon Oosthoek examines the latest research on skin cancer and what’s on the horizon for skin sense

NORTHERN LIGHTS • What’s your secret? Vivian Vassos asks some of Canada’s top chefs to share their warm-weather foodie hacks

Moses’ Last Word/First Word