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Five Ways to Upgrade your Home in the New Year
Is 2020 going to be a year for showing your home a bit of love? There are always little jobs that need to be done around the home, so it is easy to get used to things just as they are. However, even when you love your home, there are still small renovation projects to...
Make Time to Remember this Remembrance Day
Marking the end of World War One, Remembrance Day takes place next week on, of course, November 11, and gives us all an opportunity to remember the great many fallen in both World Wars and other conflicts. In Canada, Remembrance Day is a public holiday and federal...
Baby Boomers Leading the Way as Canada’s Entrepreneurs
Canada’s seniors are showing off their entrepreneurial spirit by being the main drivers of the small business sector according to a new report. Bucking the traditional trend of ‘sliding into retirement, more and more of Canada’s Baby Boomers – and particularly the...
Labour Day 2019: How You Can Get Involved
Labour Day is a public holiday in Canada that is celebrated annually on the first Monday of September. The general population are given the day off with schools and most businesses being closed. Whilst originally it was a day that gave workers the opportunity to...
Canadian Seniors Are The Head of the Pack When Giving to Charity
Many of us get that slightly niggling feeling that we would like to give more to charitable causes, or that we would like to ‘make a difference’ a little bit more. Well, it seems that Canadian Seniors are among those who already do more of this than any other group. A...
Canada Day Across the Country, What’s Going on and Where?
Canada Day occurs on July 1 and is a national holiday held to mark the joining of Canada’s original three provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Canada Province; now known as Ontario and Quebec) as one nation in 1867. The holiday was formerly known as Dominion...
Ways for Seniors to Celebrate Victoria Day!
Victoria Day has always been a special holiday for Canadians, as a chance to spend time with family and marking the start of the summer season and the start of spring for gardeners. This year marks the 200th year since the birth of Queen Victoria making the day even...
Get Some Spring in Your Step this Easter and Try Something New
Easter is a lovely time of year to enjoy celebrating with family or have fun with activities that welcome the arrival of Spring. This year why not try something new or bring back an old tradition you have not taken the time to indulge in for a while? Enjoy an Easter...
Home Elevators are a Solution more and more Canadians are Seeking
An elevator in the home used to be a luxury that would only be found in the most lavish of houses and reserved solely for the super-rich. But those times are in the past, as now more and more Canadians are finding home elevators a practical and affordable addition to...
Five Ways Seniors can Observe National Flag of Canada Day!
This year National Flag of Canada Day is on Friday, February 15th marking 54 years since the inauguration of the maple leaf flag as we know it. To celebrate our nation’s flag it will be flown from buildings, and discussed in schools, but what else can we do to observe...