ZOOMER Magazine

2 weeks ago | everythingzoomer.com | Viia Beaumanis

| June 14th, 2025'Six Feet Under' has long been praised as having television's first realistic portrayal of a gay man. Michael C. Hall (l) and Mathew St. Patrick, pictured in 2008, played a couple in the hit HBO series. Photo: Everett Collection/Canadian PressFrom Pulitzer Prize winners to Oscar-winning performances, these portraits of LGBTQ2+ life and love should be at the top of your must-read and must-watch list.

2 weeks ago | everythingzoomer.com | Alyssa Schwartz

| June 5th, 2025Sheila Flaherty is founder of the Iqaluit-based harvest-to-table culinary tourism venture sijjakkut (“by the seashore” in Inuktitut) and the first Inuk chef to appear on MasterChef Canada.

2 weeks ago | everythingzoomer.com | Peter Muggeridge

| June 5th, 2025Canadian astronaut Marc Garneau, pictured in June 2000. Photo: NASA/Wikimedia/Public DomainMarc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut to explore the heavens, has died at 76 after a short illness. Born in Quebec City, Garneau studied engineering before joining the Canadian Armed Forces.  In 1983, he was one of six people chosen in the Canadian Space Agency’s first astronaut recruitment campaign.

2 weeks ago | everythingzoomer.com | Dick Snyder

There really is nothing better than a well-organized tool shed, garage or work area — every tool in its place and at the ready for any conceivable project. It may seem like an unattainable dream. But with a little planning and legwork, it is an achievable one. “This is a topic our customers are very interested in,” says Home Depot Canada’s Alix Gropper Goldberg. Truly, the sky’s the limit when it comes to creating the “Shangri-La” of tool sheds.

2 weeks ago | everythingzoomer.com | Marc Saltzman

Canadians are looking to save money – now more than ever. And it sure is tempting when you find ridiculously low prices advertised on social media by the likes of Temu, Shein, and Wish. Is it really possible to pick up a tablet for only $30 – and with mouse, keyboard, and protective case, too, no less? Or a cute summer dress for just $8? And what about a 30-piece kids stationary set for under $2 – with free shipping? How do these online marketplaces make money by selling items so inexpensively?