Robert Thirsk first went to space in 1996. He initially studied medicine, but when he was a resident at a hospital in New Brunswick, he saw a newspaper ad calling for applications for a new astronaut program Canada was starting….
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What is going on with Alberta’s pensions? That’s a question that was posed to me a couple of times on a recent trip to Alberta. The province’s premier, Jason Kenney, made headlines in late 2019 by moving some public-sector pension plans…
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While pharmacare is a hot topic these days, there is a less-discussed aspect of prescription drugs that is gaining more and more attention from health-care professionals and patients alike — deprescribing. Deprescribing defined Deprescribing is defined by the Canadian…
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To have missed all the fuss over plant-based burgers in the last year, you’d pretty much have to have been living between a bun. Newspapers, magazines and newscasts have been loaded up with stories about these new additions to the…
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Leslie Gaudette, a volunteer advocacy program officer for the National Association of Federal Retirees, knew from the experience of family members the importance of having powers of attorney for health and finances in place. It didn’t take long for…
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Deb Schulte may be new to cabinet, but she is not a rookie about seniors’ issues, having founded the special interest Liberal seniors’ caucus. When Deb Schulte was sworn in as Canada’s minister of seniors in November 2019, she…
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Vera and Bob Smith are typical of many retired couples in Canada — they are house rich and cash poor. They live on old age security and CPP payments, supplemented by a small private pension, and income Vera earns part-time….
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When it comes to divorce, “70 is the new 30,” according to family lawyer Rick Peticca. A recent survey by his Toronto firm Shulman Law, identified the 60-plus age group as the fastest growing segment of its clientele over the…
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Photo: Carol Allegri/Reuters Canada’s retired public servants will be one voice among thousands vying for attention in the new Parliament. But the decentralized power and necessary collaboration that typically mark minority governments offer a chance for the National Association…
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Cliff Poirier is an award winning volunteer dynamo in Summerside, P.E.I. Nancy McPhee Photo In half an hour, dozens of people pass through the lobby of Summerside, P.E.I.’s sports and entertainment complex, most of them stopping by a table…
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Pierre Cousineau Pierre Cousineau says he enjoyed his 32-year career as a senior-level bureaucrat with the federal government in Ottawa. But he has loved using the managerial skills he honed as a public servant for the benefit of the…
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Photo: Aaron Cohen/Canadian Museum for Human Rights Like many retirees, Barbara and Clarence Nepinak find themselves even busier now than when they were still working full-time. The couple, both members of Pine Creek First Nation, sit on a number of different…
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