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There are many people over 60 wanting to retire from their conventional jobs and finally work for themselves. There are even those that may be older and now retired who want to return to work but require a flexible schedule. So, why shouldn’t you consider working in retirement? Today, we look at five options that...

In Barcelona in 2018, The Esteve Foundation held a panel discussion with 24 professionals from many disciplines. They presented“over 700 diseases where gender differences in the manifestation of diseases result in poorer diagnosis and treatment for women“. This has long been recognized in women where traditionally studies included more men than women, therefore they did...

World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler, via Golf.com reporter Claire Rogers: “I don’t know how much money I’ve made this year, but it’s definitely more than I deserve for whacking a little golf ball around.”

I remember the beginning of 2021, when I was writing something like,“Wow, wasn’t that a crazy year?” Well, we are now entering 2023, three full years since COVID-19 was discovered in China’s Wuhan province in late December 2019. Three. Full.Years. When that entered my consciousness mid last month, I had to Google it, just to...

Tim Hortons and the Brier seemed so right for each other. There are few things more Canadian than Tim Hortons. And there are few sports more Canadian than curling. The two will go their separate ways after this year’s Brier. The relationship ends after 18 years with Tim Hortons as the title sponsor of the...

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,...