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To stay on the right track for each decade of your life, you need to stop moving your money problem around - raiding one pot to pay a debt in another pot. Start by stashing away your credit cards and live within your means all 31 days of this month. Read more...
A heaping dose of patience, a terrific sense of humour and a love of dogs are traits shared by the Volunteer Puppy Raisers for the BC Guide Dog Services. Read more...
In the interest of aging in place when I’m old-old, I dream of building a house that will use cutting-edge technology. Such a home is apparently called a “smart” home, but since I haven’t been smart about much in my life, I am approaching the whole project with some caution. Read more...
When Jim Harris, retirement from teaching impending, contemplated leaving Ontario, he did some research to identify the ideal spot to accommodate him and his wife, Margaret, also a teacher, in their later years. Read more...
When I retired 10 years ago, like most people, I calculated the cost of living on the basis of 60-70 per cent pre-retirement income, a foundation still used today. It wasn’t too long before reality surfaced - nothing drastic, just “things” that were never given a heading in the old budget. Read more...
According to statistics published in 2006 by the Public Health Agency of Canada, seniors numbered over four million - which meant that one in every seven Canadians was aged 65 or older. Read more...
Oh, to be a vagabond. To drop everything at a moment's notice, set sails to catch the prevailing whims, off into adventure. A traveller's life, that's the life for me. Read more...
Sidney Senior Care, the largest private senior home support agency on the Saanich Peninsula and in Greater Victoria, is breaking new ground in the home support industry by providing better service levels and more personalized care. Read more...
During a busy Christmas season in 1958, Ruth Justice began a new job as a night shift chocolate dipper at Rogers' Chocolates - a career that would span 52 years. Read more...
We are the only seniors’ living option conveniently located in a quiet location alongside the downtown core of Nanaimo Read more...
Allan Holender is not only an entrepreneur but at the age of 69, he has become, of all things, a Zentrepreneur. Read more...
Twenty years ago, while driving a B.C. transit bus, Marilyn Joyce (M.J.) Milne had a strange encounter of the mystical kind. As she pulled into a stop and opened the door, a maroon-robed man with a black goatee beard was standing at the stop. Read more...
The restoration of a B.C. heritage house has energized the life of a group of Vancouver Lower Mainland retirees. Kirkland House in Ladner is a heritage pioneer farm home being restored by a dedicated volunteer group of about 20 - mainly retired Delta citizens. Read more...
A recent survey of seniors shows 70 per cent of Canadians plan to work after retirement. Of that, 72 per cent said they wanted to remain mentally active, while 57 per cent wanted to stay socially active. The result is contemporary seniors taking the plunge to turn their golden years into productive enterprising years. Read more...
I have had several careers - all enjoyable, and all interesting; though I never thought of myself as an entrepreneur at the time. I retired from the corporate world at 40. Why? I thought I was old. If it was a mid-life crisis, I had been experiencing that non-conformance thought since I was 30. Read more...
Paddy Kennedy is opening a new studio in Victoria this month called !Studio - a place where the community can rehearse their presentations, and where she will provide Life Story and Journal Writing classes for women over 50. Read more...
Carrie Nelson says she wouldn't have started her nursery business any earlier in life, though she may have had fewer backaches. While her working life took her into the realms of academia, including some years as principal of Vancouver Island University's Cowichan campus, her passion for nature, flora and fauna and the wilderness accompanied her all her life. Read more...
A recent survey of seniors shows 70 per cent of Canadians plan to work after retirement. Of that, 72 per cent said they wanted to remain mentally active, while 57 per cent wanted to stay socially active. Read more...
Born and raised in the small Okanagan town of Winfield, Charlene Patterson recently took early retirement after 30 years in the computer business. Read more...
Entrepreneurship implies a struggle: taking an idea, starting a venture often involving employees, producing or selling, and making it become successful. Read more...
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Berwick Retirement Communities has made a very clear statement about how this small, family-owned BC company intended to elevate the quality of life for its residents.
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