In The News Posts

SOLD OUT!! Aug 22 2012 CARP Ottawa event

August 13, 2012

Aug 22 2012 Tour of Rideau Hall in Ottawa is now sold out. We are not accepting registration at this time. Thank you ...

Can We Expect Better Health Care Reform?

August 10, 2012

National health care reform is the issue of the year and decade. The federal government’s refusal to negotiate a new ...

Council of the Federation Delivers Its First Report + 2013 Update

August 10, 2012

August 10, 2012 - Canada’s premiers recently unveiled recommendations to improve health care as a part of their ...

“A Nursing Call to Action”: Nurses Association Adds Voice to Healthcare Reform

August 10, 2012

August 10, 2012 - The National Expert Commission of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) released a report, A Nursing ...

Caregiver’s Diary: An Old Sea Dog

August 10, 2012

An Old Sea Dog I pick up my new boat tomorrow. I took it out on sea trials this week and got acquainted. It’s BIG, ...

Breaking News: Court upholds B.C. woman’s exemption from doctor-assisted suicide ban

August 10, 2012

A B.C. woman who won a personal exemption from Canada’s ban on doctor-assisted suicide will keep that right as the ...

Queen’s University Elder Law Clinic Offers

August 10, 2012

The first of its kind offered at a Canadian law school, the Queen's Elder Law Clinic offers free educational services ...

Access to care for B.C. seniors shrinking as their numbers grow

August 10, 2012

B.C. seniors’ access to home and community care has declined drastically in the past decade and must be improved or ...

CARP Home Care Poll Report

August 10, 2012

KEY FINDINGS August 10, 2012: One quarter of members are, or know someone, in home care or long term care, and, among ...

Canadians and Britons Would Allow Euthanasia Under Some Conditions

August 10, 2012

 EDITOR'S NOTE: In the last issue we reported on the Federal Government's  appeal of the British Columbia June 2012 ...