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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

Adult Lifestyles: Life’s grand in Muskoka

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Apr 30, 2013 - 0 comments

Memories of summer vacations in cottage country are drawing retiring boomers back for full-time adult lifestyle community living

Supertrain masters Rockies train travel

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Travel, North America Slideshow
Apr 29, 2013 - 0 comments

The Rocky Mountaineer excursion is not just a train trip – it is an experience of a lifetime - click headline or photo

It’s complicated: for Canucks owing U.S. taxes

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Travel, Snowbirds Photo
Apr 28, 2013 - 0 comments

...you’re making a popular choice when you purchase a U.S. property – and when it comes to paying the bills that come with it, being taxed like a Canadian is a good thing. Here’s why - 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

Sail a smaller ship to Costa Rica to visit some amazing ports

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Apr 25, 2013 - 0 comments

I noticed a monkey in the trees rubbing her arms with leaves and asked my trail guide what she was doing - click headline or photo

Laughlines: Stubbs – the world’s first feline mayor

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Apr 24, 2013 - 0 comments

It seems nobody in town has a bad thing to say about the mayor except occasionally he misses his litter box and once he showed up at a council meeting with a... - click headline or photo

Save by painting, new doors or splurge and add new appliances

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Take a guess which rooms in the home are the focus of most inquiries when it comes to indoor renovations - 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

Shania: The bloom is back

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Apr 21, 2013 - 0 comments

Which is the real Shania Twain onstage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas? The leopard-print fashion vixen? Or the denim country girl, telling the audience she and her family grew up as “hicks from the sticks” in Northern Ontario as she prepares to sing around an artificial campfire - click headline or photo