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Welcome back to Barry’s Bay! Although October has crept up on us, Canadian romance goddess Carley Fortune is sweeping us right back into summer with the cover reveal for her highly anticipated third Barry Bay’s novel, Only in Summer. The bestselling Canadian novelist shared the news on Instagram, unveiling another cover featuring that unmistakable vibrant summer sky and dockside charm from artist Elizabeth Lennie, who also created the covers for Fortune’s previous Barry’s Bay books.

English model Alexa Chung and French-American designer Joseph Altuzarra. Fall has officially swept us off our feet, with chilly mornings, overcast skies and that distinct autumn breeze that makes you want to dramatically stare out a window. And with it comes an unexpected duo to add to the fashion forecast.

Photo by: Bed Bath & Beyond Canada Remember Bed Bath & Beyond, the home-goods giant where you could walk in looking for a set of hand towels and somehow leave an hour later contemplating whether you needed an egg-shaped chair? Well, it’s back—and with a Canadian twist. The brand is now Canadian-owned and woman-led. The iconic home retailer is made its digital comeback in Canada with a fresh, more curated approach to all things home—bed, bath, kitchen and, naturally, beyond.

This week focus on taking a creative approach to addressing negative thoughts. If you find yourself in the throes of obsessive thinking and other forms of mental self-sabotage, it's important to take a creative approach. Instead of being in such a rush to "fix" things, take a moment to look within. Be honest with yourself about your motives. At the end of the day, the honest truth is true whether or not you're honest with yourself or others about it, dear Libra.

The cabincore aesthetic just got a lot more chic. Canadian brand Roots has teamed up with Toronto-based jewellery designer Lisa Gozlan on a limited-edition collection that puts a joyful twist on iconic loungewear designs. For Gozlan, who is known for her Happy Face bracelets, the collaboration—whose tagline is The Happy Club—is personal: she grew up wearing Roots camp sweats.

When Rick Braga first began suffering from serious heart health issues, he turned to his wife, Karolea, for support. A mother of two who worked full-time, Karolea was already juggling a full schedule. But like the roughly 7.8 million Canadians1 who provide unpaid care to a family member or friend, she dived headfirst into taking care of her husband, resolving to do everything she could to help him get well again. “Karolea was like a rock,” Rick says.

Two baking geniuses—and former Chatelaine Test Kitchen editors to boot—make the case for giving the gift of cookies year-round in this recipe-packed book organized into every possible occasion and theme: birthdays, coffee breaks, New Year’s, gluten-free and plant-based and even recipes for vintage cookie lovers. Sept 8.

Canada’s pop darling Carly Rae Jepsen popped up on Jake Shane’s Therapuss podcast to promote her new album, Day and Night, and drop the lore behind her 2012 mega-bop, “Call Me Maybe”—and as it turns out, we owe it all to Canadian Idol (RIP). Back in 2007, the B.C. born star kicked off her career on the show’s fifth season with a bold move: ditching the mandatory cover song to audition with her own track, “Sweet Talker.” Risky? Absolutely.

Have you ever wished your favourite mac and cheese could fizzle down into can form and become drinkable? Yeah, me neither—and yet here we are. Kraft Dinner has teamed up with Toronto-based Solly’s Craft Soda for one of the weirdest collabs we’ve seen, but Team Chatelaine is always game to conquer a taste test of this calibre. You know your journalism degree has peaked when you’re planning your day around sipping sparkling cheese water.

One evening in the autumn of 2000, my friend Jenna was walking her dog along Main Street in Unionville, Ont., a small suburban village north of Toronto, where we were both grade 9s in the drama program at the arts high school. She was in her pajamas when a film crew asked if she wanted to be an extra in the show they were shooting. Two unknown actors with shiny brown hair, playing a 32-year-old mom and her teen daughter, were sitting in a café with twinkly lights down the street.