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Fed Up with Telemarketers?
Do you need your ducts cleaned? Perhaps, but you certainly don’t want to discuss it, on the phone, with a stranger, in the middle of your supper. Complaints about telemarketers taking advantage of the combination of cost-effective communications (telephone) and a captive audience (you, in your home) prompted the CRTC to introduce the National Do Not Call List in 2008. … Read more
Trouble with the Taxman?
Are you having troubles with the Canadian Revenue Agency? Well there might be someone on your side. Mr. Paul Dubé is the Taxpayers’ Ombudsman who is responsible for ensuring that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) respects the service rights outlined in the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Mr. Dubé visited the offices of CARP upon his appointment in 2008, and lucky … Read more
CRTC Warns of Telecommunication Frauds
There’s lots of good information on the web, about how to protect yourself from frauds and scams. Among them, the CRTC (federal broadcasting and telecommunications regulator) has come out with their own list of warning that deal with scams particular to their own expertise. Concerned about phoney Robocalls, Telephone Scams, and Anti-virus scams? Visit the CRTC site for a good … Read more
Phony CRA Tax Queries and Other Frauds and Scams
Article posted April 6, 2012 Seniors are particularly vulnerable to scams and fraud. As well as the many known scams new ones are being invented every day. The best defense is awareness of the many types of fraud out there and sharing information. The more everyone is informed the better chance there is of not becoming a victim. Remember NEVER … Read more
Ontario Seniors get Budget attention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2012 CARP members will welcome the attention paid to seniors in the Ontario budget especially to increase funding and measures for home care; protecting those with less than $100,000 net income from income testing of drug benefits and eliminating red tape for withdrawing locked-in funds. The Province’s continued support for CPP-enhancement will also be appreciated. … Read more
CARP Members Help Increase Bird Count
Thanks to all the CARP members who got out for the Great Back Yard Bird Count in February. There was a huge upswing in Canadian participation this year thanks in large part to CARP members, and the promotion of ZoomerMedia. It was a really interesting year for the count with the mild winter and no snow. Here’s hoping for an … Read more
AutoShow Features Technology and Safety Advances for Zoomers
CARPool ZNews Videographer Darrin Maharaj looks for some of the latest advances in auto tech for senior drivers.
Getting Ready to Retire?
University of Manitoba Study
Are you planning on retiring in the next two years or did you retire in the last year? If not, do you know anyone who is planning on retiring in the next two years or retired in the last year? If so, participate in a study about knowledge sharing by clicking the link below or by sharing the link with … Read more
OAS on the minds of CARP Members
Dozens of CARP members attended a Town Hall in Toronto, to address the proposed changes to Old Age Security coming out of Ottawa over the last few weeks. ZoomeNews videographer Darrin Maharaj was there to cover the story. Click below
Downton Abbey on VisionTV
Our colleagues at ZoomerMedia are pleased to let you know that the enormously popular and Emmy Award-winning television series Downton Abbey will be broadcast on Vision TV starting 22 February. It has become the most successful British costume drama since Brideshead Revisited and in 2011 it entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the “most critically acclaimed English language television show” … Read more
