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Travel Fashion Show and Tea

September 6, 2013

Travel Fashion Show and Tea  Tuesday, September 24, 2013 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the YMCA 20 Grosvenor St. (Just south ...

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The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: It’s Not Dark Yet

September 6, 2013

I’m a boomer, about two thirds of the way through my allotted span. I’m going to do better than three score and ...

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CARP Radical Life Extension Poll Report

September 6, 2013

Pew Research interviewed over 2000 US adults in Spring, 2013 about extended life spans. CARP surveyed more than ...

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Pension Envy

September 6, 2013

Ontario teachers have the world’s best-performing retirement fund. Is it a model for the rest of us? Retirement came ...

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CARP Poll in the Headlines: Canadians don’t want super longevity

September 6, 2013

Despite medical advances that make extreme longevity possible, Canadian seniors don’t see much value in living to ...

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Planning your retirement early

September 6, 2013

This article was published by Vancouver Sun on August 15th, 2013.  To see this article and other related articles on ...

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Summer Recess is Over Folks… Now Let's Get those Parliamentarians Working!

September 6, 2013

If you enjoyed the Senate scandal, then you probably enjoyed watching the Big Three Telcos whining about fairness in ...

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Ignore the Dangerous “Do Nothing” and Keep up the Pressure for Pension Reform

September 6, 2013

CARP has been calling for CPP enhancement or the creation of a large, mandatory, pooled retirement savings vehicle ...

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Ignore the scare tactics: Canadians can afford retirement

September 6, 2013

There is a growing debate concerning the adequacy of Canada’s pension system to meet the challenge of the impending ...

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Chapters in the News: Seniors facing more and more debt

September 6, 2013

On August 27th 2013, CBC Radio Noon invited CARP Avalon Chapter Chair Edgar Williams to discuss the issue of seniors ...