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Do you qualify for a senior’s discount? You might be surprised

March 25, 2014

A yearly transit pass for low-income senior citizens in Calgary is a whopping $15. Thats not a typo. The adult cash ...

Paper holdouts reluctant to embrace electronic tax returns

March 14, 2014

Cindy Nicholson has seen how angry the 16 per centers can get when she cant give them what they want ; the ...

CARP questions online tax filing: Affordability and accessibility are key concerns

March 11, 2014

The Huffington Post's Cleo Hamel recently wrote an article on online tax filing. As part of her article Ms. Hamel ...

Support builds for Wynne’s Ontario Pension Plan

March 11, 2014

OTTAWA ; The federal Conservatives unwillingness to work with the provinces to find ways to enhance the retirement ...

Use of surveillance tech to monitor seniors at home on rise

March 10, 2014

Growing number of seniors agree to be tracked by their caregivers to stay in their homes longer When Ross Armstrongs ...

Unemployment: Older workers waiting for the revolution

March 7, 2014

Working in your 60s and 70s is a reality - businesses just need to realize it, Don Pittis writes There's a revolution ...

Majority of Seniors Living at Home, StatsCan Study Reveals

February 27, 2014

New figures from Statistics Canada show that 92 percent of all seniors aged 65 and older are living at home, while ...

Ready to retire? Leave the city and upsize in Niagara

February 26, 2014

This is part of a series of stories on retirement and second home destinations in North America. On weekends ...

Top 10 Dumb Things People Say About Pensions

February 24, 2014

By Susan Eng A lot of Canadians don't save enough for retirement and many oppose any suggestion to increase CPP or set ...

Sudden shutdown of N.S. nursing home raises questions about seniors' safety

February 21, 2014

The shutdown of a private nursing home is raising questions about the safety of Nova Scotia seniors. Fire officials ...