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Happy New Year/Bonne Année 2008! We’ve had four major snowstorms in New Brunswick over the holidays- pretty impressive! But we are coping and we are looking forward to 2008 with enthusiasm and optimism. This message brings our very best wishes to you and those close to you. Here’s a picture taken during our walk on New Year’s Day at the Dobson Trail in Riverview. Our informal walking group plans

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January 2008There is a neat new site for New Brunswick drivers. The New Brunswick Department of Transportation is pleased to offer the travelling public access to its highway cameras as well as cameras operated by Brun-Way Highways Operations Inc. on the Trans-Canada Highway. These cameras are located next to the highway at specific locations across the province as part of the Department’s Road

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Today's generation of seniors are not content to sit idly and watch their lives slip past them By Jim LevineThis Week Staff Published Saturday January 5th, 2008 Appeared on page A6 It's that time of the year again, when we make resolutions that all add up to one big denial of everything fun. We won't, as we age, indulge in things like gravy, even though it is one of nature's most perfect sauces.

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Published Saturday January 5th, 2008 Riverview This Week, Moncton This Week Caregivers are family members or friends who care for a loved one at home, without any compensation. Most often, they are women caring for their husbands, or children looking after a parent. A lot of seniors still live at home, but experts estimate that 80% of the work is done by their caregivers. Some caregivers do so

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By KEN MCGEORGE For The Daily Gleaner Published Friday January 4th, 2008 Care for our seniors and elders has come on the political agenda in North America in recent years and, in 2008, we will hear more of this. Population statisticians tell us we are seeing the beginning of the baby boomers' move into elder care. Since baby boomers represent such a critical and large segment of the population,

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Published Saturday January 5th, 2008 This fall, the Sussex Avenue Fiddlers, under the direction of Ivan and Vivian Hicks, kicked off a special milestone - their 30th Anniversary season. The group was formed in the late 1970's in the Hicks' music room of their Sussex Avenue home in Riverview. It began with a half dozen adult students who met for practice on Wednesday evenings and went out into

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Sylvia Campbell Echos and Strings To purchase your copy of Echos and Strings, contact Sylvia Campbell at 506-386-4601 or e-mail sylarch@nb.sympatico.ca. They can also be purchased at Frank's Music, 245 Carson Dr. Moncton,NB Sylvia's web site is www.myspace.com/sylviacampbell Here you can find her bio and listen to a cut from the c.d. Geraldine Charters One day at a

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Our friend, Susan Cameron, of Halifax, has written her first novel, “These Four Walls”. Susan and her husband Keith are the CARP reps in Nova Scotia. Published by McArthur & Company, the novel is described as “beautifully written and compelling, the story of three generations of a Halifax family from a major new Atlantic writing talent”. To be sure of a copy, check out your local bookstore.

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For the unprepared, retirement is no walk in the park By Steve MacNaull THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Thursday December 13th, 2007 KELOWNA, B.C. - Stop treating your retirement like a long weekend. "I see it all the time," says Barry LaValley of the Nanaimo, B.C.-based Retirement Lifestyle Centre. "People plan and start their retirement like it's a 30-year long weekend. They take the things they

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Atlantic seniors want to stay in their own homes, communities. Jo-Ann FellowsHealth Matters Published Tuesday December 4th, 2007. Daily Gleaner Atlantic seniors want to stay put. They want to stay in their own homes as long as possible and if they do need to move one day, they want to stay in their communities. Those are the main findings at the three-year mark of a five-year study of seniors'

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JANE BARRY COMMUNITY PROFILE Published Telegraph-Journal, Monday December 3rd, 2007 The New Brunswick Senior Citizen Federation,( NBSCF) is a powerful body and growing in numbers as more and more of our population reaches 50. The group welcomes members in this age demographic and can offer a great deal to New Brunswickers from all walks of life. The NBSCF, founded in 1968, serves as an advocate

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Shortchanged seniors should be compensated for accounting glitch: Layton Jered Stuffco, THE CANADIAN PRESS Published Saturday December 1st, 2007 TORONTO - Seniors shortchanged on their pension payments after Statistics Canada incorrectly crunched inflation numbers must be reimbursed by the federal government, NDP leader Jack Layton said Saturday. "The government has admitted that they have not

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Letter to the Editor, Telegraph-Journal 1 December 2007 Self-sufficiency in New Brunswick by 2026! A population increase of 100,000 people by that time, and 5,000 new immigrants by the year 2015. In the Speech from the Throne we heard, "Our growing economic strength will help retain our family and friends in our home province and make New Brunswick a more attractive place to return to or to

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Investing Bob Hillier Published Wednesday November 28th, 2007 - Miramichi Leader Atlantic Canada, it appears, is a good place to be retired. In a recent national survey, retirees from the region reported the highest level of satisfaction with life after work, at 81 per cent, compared to the national average of 74 per cent. The Prairie region reported the lowest level, 67 per cent, followed by

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Letter to the Editor, Moncton Times&Transcript, 27 November 2007 To The Editor: In response to " Show respect to senior citizens" in the Times & Transcript Nov. 23, I would like to support Oliver Leger in his quest for individual, private washrooms in nursing care facilities. At the present time, I am not personally affected but when the time comes that I must avail myself of nursing care homes,

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Published Monday November 26th, 2007 - Miramichi Leader The Canadian Association of Food Banks has released its Hunger Count 2007 report. It indicates that hunger remains a problem for too many citizens in New Brunswick.During March 2006, over 16,000 New Brunswickers visited a food bank to help them in their daily survival.Of those citizens, an appalling 33 per cent were children, meaning the

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Published Monday November 26th, 2007 - Moncton Times&Transcript Mark Stubbs, manager of Moncton's Home Depot, is seeing it more and more -- retirees who decide to re-enter the workforce, whether full-time, regular part-time or on a more occasional basis. "We love their expertise," says Mark. "In a typical department, we'll have someone 55-plus working with a 21-year-old. It makes for a great

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Consumer advocate says theft of government computer containing personal information of over 1,200 Maritime pensioners a 'wake up call' for privacy laws By Kate Wright, Times & Transcript Staff Published Saturday November 24th, 2007 OTTAWA - New Brunswick pensioners affected by a "horrific breach" of security after a Service Canada computer was stolen from a government employee's home earlier

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23 November 2007, Moncton Times-Transcript Letter to the Editor: I would like to bring to the attention of the different New Brunswick associations that are the support system for the senior citizens of New Brunswick concerning the Level 1 and 2 of nursing homes that do not offer private bathrooms in their establishments. I have mentioned this preoccupation to numerous members of the French

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23 November 2007 Canada's leading web-based source for health information is slated for closure on March 31, 2008. 80% of the 15 million Canadians on-line seek health information on the internet. Canadian Health Network www.canadian-health-network.ca fulfills the federal government's commitment to individual engagement and responsibility for health and supports organizations building healthy

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Letter to the Editor, Telegraph-Journal, 19 November 2007 The federal government promised in their last election campaign to extend the Veteran's Independence Program to all widows of all veterans. Despite the large surplus the government is so eager to boast about, they have yet to keep this promise.My mother was denied the allowance in 2004, because according to Veteran's Affairs:"A review of

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Letter to the Editor Telegraph-Journal, 19 November 2007 With all due respect, Mr. Hay, your suggestion that increasing power rates will move the general population to become more energy-efficient seems somewhat flawed at the low end of the income scale, which encompasses a large portion of New Brunswick's senior population.My parents live on a very fixed income. They are, by necessity, what we

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In our view: Newly completed study will help them do so Published Daily Gleaner, Fredericton, on Monday November 19th, 2007 A recently released study on the housing needs of seniors living in Atlantic Canada is an example of some right thinking. It gives us a much needed record of what it is that seniors want and need. It also serves as an educational tool for groups, including government. The

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Roger Haineault CAPITALAPPRECIATION Published Monday November 19th, 2007 , Daily Gleaner, Fredericton With retirement well on the way for many Canadians and looming for the baby-boomer demographic, many of us are wondering how to fund those years. While there are government funds available for virtually everyone -- the most common being Old Age Security and various supplement programs -- not all

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By Paul Dorsey,This Week in Moncton, This Week in Riverview Published Saturday November 17th, 2007 If teachers could be given gold stars as well as students, I'd send a big one to Hal Butler at Bernice MacNaughton High School in Moncton. He's teacher of a course called "Geriatrics: A Study of Maturity." Instead of talk, talk, talk, Hal has his students engaged in a lively visitation program with

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