My book, The Astonishing Lives of Older Women is officially on bookstore shelves today! Been years in the making and I was pretty thrilled that @thestar.com ran an excerpt with beautiful artwork in the Sunday Insight section.
The Astonishing Lives is available at all your favourite bookstores. 🙂

Thank you! Today - April 7 - is the publication day! 🙂

It's always a happy moment to unwrap advance copies of a book you spent years writing. Astonishing Lives of Older Women (ECW Press, April 7.) Thank you to literary agent Samantha Haywood, ECWPress editor Pia Singhal and ECW's Emily Varsa, who is helping the book make its debut. 🙂

Coming of Age: Meeting the needs of our aging population Government Podcast · Updated Biweekly · By 2040, the population over 80 will more than double, but our perceptions of aging and plans for seniors’ care innovation have not kept pace. Let’s change the...

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In a week when we are celebrating women, I really appreciate OLTCA CEO Donna Duncan discussing my book, The Astonishing Lives of Older Women, on her Coming of Age podcast. It is women who, statistically, live the longest so we had much to discuss.😊

The number of Ontarians over 80 is about to surge. Advocates say the Ford government needs a strategy Multiple ministries offer piecemeal programs, but the expectation of more than 1.5 million Ontarians occupying the octogenarian-plus cohort by 2041 has some saying the province needs a master plan for

As Canada reaches "super-aged" status, advocates call on Premier Doug Ford to focus on the oldest of the old, those aged 80 or higher, whose numbers are surging.
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How to Live to 100 (or Die Trying) Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · Life expectancy has grown exponentially in just over a generation but has society & culture caught up on how to embrace this growing slice of the population...

"A Good Death" is the latest episode from @thestar.com podcast How To Live To 100 (Or Die Trying)
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Why this byelection could decide who becomes — or doesn’t become — Ontario’s next Liberal leader A looming provincial byelection in Scarborough Southwest has set in motion a cascading chain of events that could define the next general election.

NEW: Why the upcoming provincial Scarborough Southwest byelection could determine the future of the ⁦‪@OntLiberal‬⁩ party.

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How to Live to 100 (or Die Trying) Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · Life expectancy has grown exponentially in just over a generation but has society & culture caught up on how to embrace this growing slice of the population...

Our latest episode in the @thestar.com podcast How To Live To 100 (Or Die Trying) is about ... bodies! We are joined by a former CFL star, his yogi wife and two octogenarians who jump out of airplanes.
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How to Live to 100 (or Die Trying) Health & Fitness Podcast · Updated Weekly · Life expectancy has grown exponentially in just over a generation but has society & culture caught up on how to embrace this growing slice of the population...

In Episode 3 of How To Live To 100 (Or Die Trying) @thestar.com we go deep into a difficult topic: older men, isolation and suicide. Those are very tough conversations but the podcast also offers powerful ideas on staying connected.
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Doug Ford says he’s ‘100% dead against’ lifting Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs As Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to China for talks aimed at boosting trade, Premier Doug Ford is imploring him to keep Canadian tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

NEW: As Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to China, Premier Doug Ford urges him not to remove Canada's 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs.
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Freedom 75 or work, work, work Podcast Episode · How to Live to 100 (or Die Trying) · 01/12/2026 · 32m

If you are interested in our new longevity here is a podcast for you! I'm the host of How To Live To 100 (Or Die Trying) and today our second episode landed on Apple, Spotify or wherever you find your podcasts. Hope you enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
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Longevity in the land of ageism Podcast Episode · How to Live to 100 (or Die Trying) · 01/05/2026 · 24m

NEW: How to Live To 100 (Or Die Trying) hosted by
@moirawelsh.bsky.social and @thestar.com podcast team. It's a new take on aging — relevant to so many particularly since the incoming years of longevity will have a sweeping impact across demographics.

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Today the Toronto Star launches a new podcast that I am hosting called How To Live to 100 (Or Die Trying) and over eight episodes, we dig into the concept of longevity with discussions that are compelling, challenging - and pretty entertaining. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Thank you!!

A second sneak peak: Suspicion Season 4, Murder on Mount Olive Podcast Episode · Suspicion: Murder on Mount Olive · S4 Trailer · 1m

First episode of Kevin Donovan’s Suspicion podcast series drops March 7
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She was diagnosed with dementia. Then this 95-year old decided to do something ‘crazy’ – travel the world As Dorothy Lay tackles her bucket list, her granddaughter hopes the travels will slow her decline and prevent another devastating loss for her family.

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Smaller nursing homes are cropping up across Canada. While experts say they are better for residents and staff, why is Ontario going another route? Facing criticism for a funding model that favours large, 'institutional-style' nursing homes, the government said there is 'no minimum bed requirement' for new homes.

Across Canada small households of ten or so people are increasingly common in long-term care - but Ontario is different. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

Her pension wasn’t enough to cover Toronto rent. Then she found a lifeline in a different kind of housing Without affordable rent mixed with social supports to help bridge the 'pension gap,' women like Beth Guthrie will live in financial stress that can lead to loneliness, isolation and an

My last Toronto Star story of 2024 looks at women, the gender pension gap and the incredible need for affordable housing in the later years. Part of a journalism fellowship with the Gerontological Society of America.
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Richie Assaly: I grew up on Twitter. But with a new Trump era on the horizon, I’ve turned to Bluesky. Here’s what I found there On its surface, the apps almost identical to the old Twitter. But gone, at least for now, is much of the noise — the casual racism, the bullying blue checks,

From @rdassaly.bsky.social at @torontostar.bsky.social
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