What’s happenning near you?
“Summertime and the living is easy”, or so the song says. What’s happening this month in your part of the island?
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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Hanging Baskets in Victoria.
The hanging baskets are now up in Victoria, it must be summer.
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BC Seniors Advocate encourages seniors to access BC Property Tax Deferment Program
As the deadline approaches for BC homeowners to pay property taxes, BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie is encouraging seniors to consider property tax deferment as a way to stay living independently.
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Homeless women.
The pending explosion of homeless single women on Vancouver Island is very real.
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Homeless Seniors on Vancouver Island?
The tent city in Victoria is headline news every day here on the Island and rightly so. It should never have been allowed to have escalated to the position that it has now become. It should have been dealt with compassionately and decisively on day one. Unfortunately this is totally foreign to the way all…
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The Doctor Game: Sometimes best treatment is no treatment at all
What is one of the major health hazards today?
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Plan Ahead For Your Next Trip to the ER
Last week, I had the opportunity to visit not one hospital but two! After rupturing my Achilles tendon in a squash tournament, I was taken to our local hospital where upon arrival, I discovered I didn’t have my CareCard on me. Which surprised me, as I was certain it was something I kept in my…
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Why a Seniors Retirement Community?
Do you find that you are no longer enjoying cooking? Not eating properly? Or maybe you’re lonely and having a hard time getting out of your home to visit. Are you feeling isolated…or bored?
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Watch Out – Killing Pets with Painkillers
Acetaminophen (Tylenol) This one reliably kills cats.