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Quebec Seniors' Residence Fire: A Compilation of CARP's recommendations and concerns

January 24, 2014

In response to the tragic fire that claimed lives within a seniors residence in LIsle-Verte, Quebec, CARP was ...

How an Ontario seniors’-home fire changed the rules on sprinkler safety

January 24, 2014

The fire at Muskoka Heights Retirement Residence broke out shortly after 6 a.m. The lone worker on duty rushed into the ...

Speak up to save mail service, Sudburians urged

January 23, 2014

It was a small but passionate group that came out in support of Canada Post workers Wednesday evening. Approximately ...

Rick Mercer's Canada Post Rant is Right on the Money

January 23, 2014

On January 14th 2014, CBC personality and political satirist/comedian Rick Mercer took on the Canada Post decision to ...

Dying to be heard: Plight of seniors in care begs better followup, families say

January 22, 2014

More are being attacked in long-term facilities One day last June, staff at a Kamloops, B.C., nursing home found ...

The rise of the older worker – and age-discrimination lawsuits

January 14, 2014

Self-employed warehouse safety inspector Murray Etherington, 67, jokes that he is on the “retire-at-85 plan,” after ...

CARP on Goldhawk Fights Back: CARP's Open Letter to Health Ministers on the need for protocols to ensure discharged patients are sent home safely

January 14, 2014

Susan Eng, Vice-President of Advocacy at CARP discusses on Goldhawk Fights Back the need for protocols when hospitals ...

We are One Lucky Generation in Seven Thousand

January 10, 2014

“The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour ...

Our Take on the Aging Demographic is Antiquated

January 10, 2014

A century ago, children outnumbered the elderly by as much as 10 to one in most European countries. Today, there are ...

Ontario Locked-In Fund Hardship Applicants: Changes Effective Jan 2014!

January 10, 2014

In budget 2011, the Ontario government committed to a review of the rules governing locked-in accounts as a part of a ...