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CHIP Loan Is Right For You

A SPONSORED FEATURE: There are several loan options available to homeowners over 55. However, understanding the best fit for your specific needs requires some careful consideration.

Trillium grant awarded to Burl-Oak Theatre

Burl-Oak Theatre Group receives a $76,700 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. Visitors to the FYI Show May 25 at the Royal Botanical Gardens will be treated to a segment of the latest presentation by Burl-Oak, the comedy Kitchen Witches.

Editor's Blog: Reflections on the Gordie Howe movie

When Gordie came to Toronto with the Aeros it was a grand event for a busload of North Bayites.

Streisand to play Israel for the first time

Streisand's first concerts in Israel this June will be backed by a 60-piece orchestra and will feature duets with her son Jason Gould, sister Roslyn Kind and special guest trumpeter Chris Botti.

Bill Hay retires, Pat Quinn chosen next Hockey Hall of Fame chair

Pat Quinn takes over as chair of Hockey Hall of Fame board

Sky Train from Phoenix airport to 44th Street opens April 8

The electrically powered, automated PHX Sky Train will operate 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.

BOB'S BLOG Bird of the Month: red-bellied woodpecker

The red-bellied woodpecker is slowly expanding its range northward in the Great Lakes region

BOB'S BLOG: Women's hockey in the '30s rivalled the men's for popularity

The best women's team ever was the Preston Rivulettes, who won Ontario Women’s Championships every year from 1931 to 1940, losing only two games in the decade.

BOB'S BLOG: Visit Scaterie Island, NS to see a real, live (hazardous) shipwreck

The MV Miner ran aground on Scaterie Island off Cape Breton on Sept. 20, 2011.

Canadian visits to Florida up 7% last year

3,562,000 Canadians visited Florida in 2012

BOB’S BLOG: Bird of the Month is the Great Gray Owl

The Great Gray Owl has been declared Bob’s Blog’s first Bird of the Month.

Snowbirds: Florida suspends requirement for International Drivers License

The Florida Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles has suspended the state’s recently enacted International Driving Permit requirement pending further study.

Forever Young Information

Canada's Adult Lifestyle Publication

Hearing Month: Deaf and distant

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May 14, 2013 - 0 comments

Hearing professionals know well how hearing impairment can cause serious discord between spouses - click headline or photo

Inbox: Rick Springfield / Arden / Streisand / Appetizers / Danube

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May 05, 2013 - 19 comments

Readers: Rick Springfield has changed lives / Comments on our Recipes column on appetizers, our cover story on Barbra Streisand, our 2012 profile of Jann Arden / Shoes on the Danube - click headline or photo

Heart Health: Hypertension up among boomers

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May 04, 2013 - 1 comments

Because of its major impact upon health and mortality, the World Health Organization made high blood pressure the major focus of its World Health Day, marked this year on April 7 - click headline or photo

Check-out etiquette: ‘we’re living in a society’

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May 01, 2013 - 0 comments

Pet peeves are things that really get under your skin. Things that make you temporarily lose your mind or your perspective or both. Things that make you forget your age and/or societal status and by that I mean your expected maturity level - click headline or photo

Provinces offer varying caregiving tax credits

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Each province provides its own roster of tax credits that often mirror or extend those provided by the federal government, but vary from province to province

Cherry donates to Kidney Car program

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Apr 26, 2013 - 0 comments

...his devotion to the cause stemmed from the illness of his son Tim, whose kidneys failed and who then had to start dialysis. “Tim was in dire straits … till my daughter Cindy came to the rescue and donated one of her kidneys and saved Tim's life... click headline or photo

Ontario tax credit covers some renovations done by seniors

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A household that spends $10,000 on eligible home renovations potentially can get back $1,500. The tax credit has a $10,000 maximum per couple. Qualified applicants must be 65 years or older by the end of the year...- click headline or photo

Cancer Month: News, products, breakthroughs and services

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Apr 14, 2013 - 0 comments

News, products, breakthroughs and services in recognition of April, Cancer Month - click headline or photo

Implant approved to treat presbyopia

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Apr 05, 2013 - 1 comments

The Kamra implant provides easier, more convenient and more comfortable natural vision than other solutions for near vision, without altering distance vision - click headline or photo

Caregivers: If you’ve got Power of Attorney, now the fun begins

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Avoid the pitfalls of managing your parents’ financial affairs! - Gather Your Parents’ Financial Information Before It’s Too Late / Keep Good Records of Financial Transactions to Avoid Family and Legal Problems / Professionally Prepared Income Tax Returns Take the Pressure Off You / Invest a Parent’s Money Conservatively or You May Have to Support Them - click headline or photo