Island Voices features a collection of articles for seniors and their families by Vancouver Island authors and authorities on a wide range of subjects.
Canada needs to get serious if it’s going to address the unprecedented threat to our way of life that is climate change. The least-expensive, simplest and quickest way would be to restore forested lands and coastal marine ecosystems so they sequester carbon.
I like to think I have a way with words, but boy do I get tongue-tied when I’m asked, “What exactly do you do, Wendy?”
Decades ago I bought Viet Nam war veteran Tim O’Brien’s book The Things They Carried because I was intrigued by the title. I was a teenager in the 70’s and had always been moved by what young soldiers had gone through.
Hi I’m Henry please come and visit me on Seniors 101’s new Pets and Pet Supplies page.
The Victoria Clipper, with a new majority owner behind it, plans to expand its operations to include a new harbour-to-harbour service between Victoria and Vancouver.
If your financial situation allows it, the ideal scenario would be to secure a place to move to prior to selling your home.
Victoria – With the January 1st increase to MSP Premiums, British Columbia’s Seniors Advocate, Isobel Mackenzie, is urging seniors to check if they are eligible for full or partial payment of their monthly MSP Premium. “Some seniors are paying $900 per year for their MSP and many may qualify for a full or partial subsidy of…
Our health-care system remains focused on acute and emergency care, and the “therapeutic imperative” to fix everything we can fix when a patient is ill.
As we approach this Christmas I sense that there is a new sense of hope, not just on the Island but across Canada.