Outlooks
OUTLOOKS was a Calgary Canada based LGBT magazine, published 10 times annually (monthly excepting combined issues in Jul/Aug & Dec/Jan). Founded by Roy Heale in 1997 as a newsprint monthly, in 2009 the publication was purchased by Brett Taylor and was changed to a full gloss lifestyle magazine for the LGBT community. The head office was located in Calgary, Alberta. ' In 2011 the publication was purchased by Mint Media Group out of Toronto with a new editor Jim Brosseau. There was an online version of the magazine and print subscribers were served by Canada Post, readers in major cities could also obtain copies at various businesses in gay village locations, and the publication was stocked at many Chapters/Indigo bookseller locations, making the magazine available to gay & lesbian readers outside traditional gay villages.
Outlooks covered gay culture, bringing together editorial features by experts from across Canada on travel, politics, arts & entertainment, fashion, finance and issues of importance to Canada's LGBT communities from coast to coast. The Managing Editor was Jim Brosseau from January 2012 (the launch issue) until the December/January issue at the end of that same year. On December 4, 2012, a news release was issued by the owner, Mint Media Publication (Patricia Salib) announcing the publication was to be temporarily suspended to restructure the magazine for sustainability in a rapidly evolving market.