What’s Happening with Housing Sales Across BC?
No one was surprised to hear reports on the decreased number of properties sold in December.
Island Voices
Island Voices features a collection of articles for seniors and their families by Vancouver Island authors and authorities on a wide range of subjects.
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Seniors Advocate Monitoring Seniors Services 2018 report shows significant increase in use of property tax deferral, decrease in home and community care
The Seniors Advocate today released Monitoring Seniors Services 2018. The annual report examines a range of services and supports and measures whether they are keeping pace with the increased demand of a growing seniors’ population.
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Riot Brewing Co. to Release Sour Outage Passion Fruit Plum Dark Sour After Most Damaging Storm in BC Hydro History
When the wind started to blow on the morning of December 20, 2018, no one had any idea that it would be the beginning of the darkest period in Riot Brewing Co.’s history – literally.
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Introducing Seniors101.ca Food 4 Thought Podcast.
We know you want the best information at your fingertips, and you want it available when and where it’s most convenient to you.
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THANK YOU VICTORIA, for packing over 4400 gift-filled shoeboxes for the annual Operation Christmas Child project of Samaritan’s Purse.
Once again, you have been generous in giving, letting children – many of whom have never received a gift in their lives – know that someone far away in Canada cares about them and they are not forgotten. Shoebox gifts filled with school supplies, hygiene items and small toys, contributed by church and community groups,…
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How To Handle Family Disagreements About Your End Of Life Plans
There are approximately 87 things to do within 72 hours of someone passing, leading to 87 or more decisions to be made, and 87 possible disagreements.
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Attention all Disability Parking Permit drivers.
This is an important but mainly unknown regulation for drivers that have a disabled parking permit.
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Seniors Advocate reminds residents of care homes to ensure Elections BC has current address if they wish to receive a ballot for the current referendum
Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie has sent a letter to all publicly funded residential care homes asking them to ensure residents are aware of the process to obtain a ballot for the current provincial referendum on electoral reform.
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National agreement between allies are built on trust, accommodation and compromise.
That seems to be lost on the U.S. in their recent unsavoury negotiation tactics forcing Canada to deal with their attempts to change some of the USMCA text put forward by the U.S. after the September agreement was struck.
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Repeal of discriminatory health labour laws to help restore fairness, stability to health care, says HEU
Bill 29 led to the firing of thousands of health care workers and mass privatization of health care services
