The class of '65 — then and now()

There were 300 graduates that year at Kelvin High School in Winnipeg — the first boomers to head out into the world, a prosperous, optimistic age. Now, they're about to turn 60. How did their lives turn out? Have they maintained their high ideals? Michael Posner seeks out his old classmates to learn what they made of their starting point. 24/06/06 2:00 AM ()

Are boomer parents hip? Or going too far?()

They wanted to do it differently than their strict 1950s mothers and fathers did. But their kids say the boomer parenting revolution can go too far. Tralee Pearce reports. 24/06/06 2:00 AM ()

Will boomers live as long as their parents?()

Fitness nuts. Not quite. Boomers claim to be active, but they're in worse shape than their parents were -- and could even die younger. 24/06/06 2:00 AM ()

Consumer products being redesigned for aging boomers()

A new breed of boomer-friendly products not only look cool -- they're easy on vision-impaired eyes and arthritic hands and won't pinch middle-age paunch. Jill Mahoney reports. 24/06/06 2:00 AM ()

Last boomer: Tracey Cuthbert()

Sharp and unsentimental — "I hate sappy," she says — this 39-year-old mother of two in suburban Langley, B.C., considers herself more a Gen Xer than a late boomer. But as Tralee Pearce reports, she takes advantage of the social change that preceded her by keeping both family and career going at a rapid pace. 24/06/06 2:00 AM ()

Exactly who is a boomer?(4)

The Globe is using the definition that a Canadian boomer is anyone living here (including immigrants) born from 1947 to 1966. Find out why. 24/06/06 2:00 AM (4)

Talkin' 'bout their generation()

It's often thought as one overwhelming mass of humanity, but the baby boom divides into three distinct age groups, each with its own particular profile. Jill Mahoney sounds out three representatives. 24/06/06 2:00 AM ()