Month: <span>December 2022</span>

When Ken died in February 2021, we had an outpouring of messages from readers, with many telling us how much his columns meant to them. In light of that, we thought we would go back through our files and re-publish some of his columns. Ken would be flattered by the kind words readers expressed. We...

Dear Jim, I would totally agree. It is much harder for a single senior in Canada. You have fewer tax advantages with the same expenses, usually on a much lower income. Today, we see most people retire as a couple, however of those now in retirement (2021 survey) approximately one-third are widowed. The median income...

It’s time for the annual multiple-choice sports quiz: Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca

While browsing Facebook a week or so ago, I came upon a group called Food Not Bombs. It’s hard to argue with that sentiment. This page, apparently, belongs to a local chapter of a much wider organization: “Food Not Bombs shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry in over 1,000 cities around the...

No one likes to grow old. Every one of us could likely list several things that we resent. For some, the extent of this aversion to grow old leads them to make decisions that are costly or that have unwanted side effects. For instance, although it is difficult to get a true value for this,...

What a wonderful world if people could be as generous to humankind as dogs. Regardless of our faults, dogs provide unfailing loving care. A new study suggests dogs may be able to use their sniffing powers to know when someone is having a really bad day. Who knew there is an aroma to being stressed,...

During his long career as a sports broadcaster, Kevin Waugh met a lot of celebrities. The strangest meeting was one with Bo Jackson, who is among the greatest two-sport athletes of all-time. The reason this comes to mind is because Kevin’s story of the meeting Jackson appears in a biography which was released in late...