Courageous and Outrageous - Share Your Gifts
Pat Nichol has some gift suggestions for the holiday season or any other time of year. Read more...
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Is it Time to Create new Holiday Traditions?
For many people, the holiday season revolves around visiting friends and family and celebrating long-time family traditions. With the decline or change in a family member’s health, you may not be able to celebrate in the same way you did in the past. Everyone’s attention and energy is directed elsewhere. Read more...
Generation by Generation
Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre’s Brian Richmond has always been a storyteller – on stage and behind the scenes. Read more...
‘Tis the Season for Online Shopping Fraud
Online shopping is a convenient way to avoid crowds and line-ups, but it is important to remember that the Internet is a playground for cyber criminals. Consumers really need to use caution when making purchases online. Read more...
Ask Goldie - December 2012
Goldie Carlow offers peer support to Senior Living readers by answering their questions in her monthly column. Read more...
Arizona’s Sonoran Desert
Exploring the Sonoran Desert reveals a charming, rustic history and unexpected beauty. Read more...
Help Us Preserve the Legacy of Whales in BC
Cetus Research & Conservation Society is dedicated to protecting BC’s legacy of whales. We need your help so that future generations can have a relationship with these beautiful and majestic creatures who are so iconic to BC’s identity. Read more...
The Zen of Biking
I was reluctant to rejoin walking groups or book clubs in fact any of the activities I normally enjoyed before George died – I didn’t have the heart to return to the normal fray of my previous life. Read more...
How to Use Information to Sell Products & Services to Seniors
Information is highly valued by seniors, especially when making a buying decision. Providing information not only satisfies their need to be informed but can overcome buyer objection when faced with a higher price. Consumers will buy a higher priced item when they know the value they are getting for their money. Read more...
Mind Game Mania
Have you ever noticed that you spend more time thinking about what you need to do than it actually takes to do it? Read more...
Here's To Your Health
Retired Sharon McGregor discusses a few obvious signs to help you determine whether you may be becoming a hypochondriac: Read more...
A Cowherd in Paradise
Author May Q. Wong writes of her parents' experiences in two countries, worlds apart. Read more...
Booklet Helps Travellers Fly Smart
An increase in the number of air travellers and unpredictable winter weather can sometimes wreak havoc on holiday travel plans. What can you do to get a positive travel experience? Read more...
It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like...The 1960's?
If you were a kid in the 1950s, you and your friends probably dog-eared the pages of the Sears Holiday Wish Book to be the first on your block to get a frisbee or a hula hoop or a Mr. PotatoHead. Read more...
How to Make Healthy Choices as You Age
Whether you are 26 or 62, when it comes to making healthy lifestyle choices – it's never too late. Read more...
Your Guide to Stress-Free Donating
Giving to charity can be overwhelming at times. Your heart may be in the right place, but if you don't understand donation terminology, you may be less inclined to take action. Here are some guidelines for this year's gift giving season. Read more...
Doctor Offers Answers on Digestive Problems
It's not exactly everyone's favourite subject, but gastrointestinal upsets – such as diarrhea – will most likely affect you at some point in your life. Read more...
Letters and Images Project
Wartime stories of ordinary Canadians are being transcribed and preserved for future generations. Read more...
Hail & Hearty in Holland: Dutch Inspirations
Rather than taking the train from Schiphol airport into Amsterdam, we head south to three small Dutch cities. Read more...
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