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Reading Nook

A curated collection of articles from Sage, our quarterly magazine. Discover thoughtful reporting, expert insights and stories on healthy aging, retirement security and the issues that matter across generations. Download the latest issue of Sage or visit Sage60 for fresh online features published between quarterly issues.

Women in retirement and the earnings gap

If you look through the federal government’s annual reports about our members’ pensions, you’ll quickly realize they are not the gold-plated pensions often described. However, one statistic may jump out at you: the gap in pension averages between our male…

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Pharmacare: the impact on pensioners

This spring, the Advisory Committee on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, led by former Ontario Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins, will release its much-anticipated report. There is a lot at stake, especially for seniors, who are, by far, the biggest…

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Cheryl Lamerson and husband Will Brooks greet the crowds while aboard an antique fire truck during last November’s Lunenburg Santa Parade.  Photo: Vicki Mossman-Conrad, Lunenburg

Skills transfer

Cheryl Lamerson and husband Will Brooks greet the crowds while aboard an antique fire truck during last November’s Lunenburg Santa Parade.  Photo: Vicki Mossman-Conrad, Lunenburg With its reputation for discipline and uniformity, the military might not seem like a natural…

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Technology at home and away

Patient Jessie Maisby poses for a photo in the SAM3 apartment at the Élisabeth Bruyère Hospital in Ottawa. Photo:  Politics/Matthew Usherwood My 98-year-old grandmother, Mimi, still lives on her farm in Southern Ontario, and she does it pretty much autonomously….

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From the pension desk

  “Federal retirees’ pensions are too expensive. They are unsustainable!” I’m sure that sounds familiar to anyone who has spent time scrolling through the comments section of any article that mentions public sector pensions. There is anger and confusion out…

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