Category: <span>Living 55 Plus</span>

Janet Parkinson was at a crossroad in her professional life. She had sold her decorative glass business and was starting to do interior decorating and colour consulting. Her life took another turn when her mother’s health started to decline. To provide care and support, her mother moved from Moose Jaw to Saskatoon. The move wasn’t...

Many people dream of traveling the world in retirement. Such dreams come true every day. But many more retirees or people nearing retirement fear that their dreams of seeing the world won’t be possible due to mobility issues beyond their control. Thankfully, such fears are largely unwarranted. Various conditions can affect men and women’s mobility....

Sauce 1/2 cup (125 ml) chicken broth (or water) 1/4 cup (60 ml) roasted soybean spread (see note) 1/4 cup (60 ml) lime juice 1/4 cup (60 ml) rice vinegar 2 tbsp (30 ml) fish sauce 1 tbsp (15 ml) soy sauce 1 tbsp sugar In a bowl, whisk together all of the ingredients until...

If you type the word “exercise” into the Google search window, you get about 1.72 billion results! The available info covers everything from A to Z: “Arthritis and Exercise” (a good thing for sure) and (we quote) “Fatigue, exercise, intolerance and weakness: lessons on herding Zebras.” No wonder it’s hard to figure out just what...

Don Miller promised Maurice Gran he wouldn’t rest easy until the plane, in which Gran’s younger brother died, was found. True to his word, Miller initiated the successful search that led to discovering the Cessna 180 that crashed into Peter Pond Lake on Aug. 20, 1959. On board were pilot Ray Gran and Harold Thompson,...

I have worked in journalism for going on 41 years. It was uninterrupted employment, with 33 of those years at the StarPhoenix and eight at the Saskatoon Express. Then the Express closed its doors in May. Our publisher, who was also a shareholder in the company, came through the door about 8:30 a.m. on a...