Maureen Halushak

4 days ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak

I used to have a four-hour round-trip commute to the office, involving a car, a frequently delayed commuter train and the subway. I often had mild migraine attacks during this time (and I was always in a bad mood). The headache, nausea and scent sensitivity would typically set in when I was sitting on an overheated train, knee-to-knee with three other exhausted commuters, hurtling toward Hamilton, Ont. at the end of a long week.

2 weeks ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak

From left: Maureen Halushak, Varda Etienne, Cynthia Heyd and Leslie White. (All photos, George Pimentel Photography)On agorgeous mid-May day, Chatelaine readers and editors gathered for the second annual Chatelaine Wellness Retreat at the serene Vettä Nordic Spa in Oro-Medonte, Ont.

3 weeks ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak

It isn’t summer, for me at least, until I’ve devoured an entire book on whatever dock, deck or patch of grass I’m lucky enough to park myself on—and I wish you the same idyllic experience. These 10 Canadian page-turners, from cozy mysteries to cottage romances to a zany murder plot that screams Lifetime miniseries, are perfect contenders for this season’s TBR pile.

1 month ago | chatelaine.com | Maureen Halushak

“I think of myself as an accidental novelist,” says Nita Prose, the Toronto-based author of the cozy mystery series The Maid, whose final instalment—The Maid’s Secret—is out now (see below for an excerpt). The bestselling series came to be after Prose, a former book editor, had a life-changing encounter while on a business trip to London. “I went out for a meeting, came back and opened the door and completely surprised the maid,” she says.

2 months ago | fr.chatelaine.com | Julie Gobeil |Ann Ross |Erica Lenti |Sun Ngo |Maureen Halushak

Un bureau bien rangéLA PROPRIO : Julie GobeilL’ESPACE : Le bureau que je partage avec ma fille de neuf ans, Elizabeth. LE DÉFI : Je voulais qu’elle et moi ayons un endroit plus agréable et pratique pour travailler côte à côte. Je désirais aussi déplacer mon bureau devant ma grande fenêtre pour profiter de la lumière du jour. L’ORGANISATRICE : Megan Golightly de Go Simplified, à Calgary.