Bill VanGorder Posts

Death of senior at Halifax care home ruled a homicide

October 18, 2013

Halifax police say the death of an elderly woman at a Clayton Park nursing home has been ruled a homicide. Officers ...

Second Nova Scotia Tragic Nursing Home Death Highlights Desperate Need for Dementia Strategy

October 18, 2013

Halifax, October 15th, 2013: In Nova Scotia this week two seniors died while they were supposed to be in in good ...

Nova Scotia PC leader courts seniors, promising property-tax rebate

October 4, 2013

HALIFAX – The quiet home of a Halifax senior provided the backdrop Friday as Progressive Conservative Leader Jamie ...

More than 2,400 Nova Scotia seniors await home spots

June 28, 2013

This article was published by The Chronicle Herald on June 21st,  2013.  To see this article and other related ...

Nova Scotia to probe seniors' financial abuse

May 3, 2013

HALIFAX – Proposed legislation would give the Nova Scotia government the power to investigate suspected cases of ...

Breaking in Nova Scotia: Amendments to Protect Vulnerable Seniors from Financial Abuse

May 3, 2013

May 2nd, 2013: Vulnerable seniors and their families will have greater protection from financial abuse in Nova Scotia ...

The new old-age security? A job

February 22, 2013

Bill VanGorder is aware of the irony that he now works longer hours, at the age of 70, than he ever did before he ...

N.S. per capita leader in MD numbers

December 7, 2012

There are more doctors per capita in Nova Scotia than anywhere else in Canada, says the latest national report on ...

Delayed OAS ‘aging people into poverty’

April 3, 2012

This article was published by The Chronicle Herald on March 15th 2012.  To see this article and other related articles ...