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Mayor Announces Major Seniors Summit
This is a release from the office of Mayor Jim Watson: Ottawa – Ottawa’s seniors have an exciting opportunity to help the City plan for the future as Mayor Jim Watson hosts the Seniors Summit on...
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City Announces More Seniors Sessions
This is a release from the City of Ottawa: Ottawa – Addressing more than 200 attendees at the Mayor’s Seniors Summit this morning, Mayor Jim Watson announced additional opportunities for residents to...
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Bureaucratic translation
As I say, I hung out in two sessions on transportation at the mayor’s summit on seniors’ issues today. They had several tablesful of attendees sit at a table and ruminate on things the city does well...
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McGuinty, Watson Get The Senior Vote
So why did the City of Ottawa organize a seniors summit and a number of community meetings on the problems of aging? Well first because it is an important issue. The aging population is one of the...
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Drummond Commission Suggests Senior Drug Benefit Reform
This is part of the executive summary of the Drummond Commission on Ontario public services: Pharmaceuticals are a major issue. Ontario needs an open, honest discussion of whether there should be more...
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Seniors don’t tap Presto cards on Wednesdays
After today’s story about Gilles Coughlan and his experience being wrongly charged for using his Presto card, I’ve received a number of additional complaints and observations from readers. One’s from a...
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104-year-old has purse snatched, another elderly woman sent to hospital
Safety fears are being raised after a pair of seniors — including a 104-year-old great-grandmother — were robbed of their purses in west Ottawa last week. One of the robberies left an 87-year-old in...
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Red scooter driver, 92, not wanted on Hwy 50
Gatineau Sûreté du Québec flagged down a 92-year-old man Saturday after he decided to take a spin on busy Autoroute 50 on his bright red electric scooter. SQ officials said they received several calls...
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What long-term care living looks like in Ontario
The Ontario Long Term Care Association stopped in Ottawa on Tuesday on its campaign to call on the provincial government to rebuild outdated facilities. Candace Chartier, the association’s chief...
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Not the Freedom 55 in mind: seniors group folds
Growing old is easy. Being old is more complicated. Kathleen Gottfried, 61, is telling me about an elderly man who was discharged from hospital with an IV in his arm, only to arrive home with no keys,...
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Canada's new 'financial literacy leader' shares a few tips
Canada’s new financial literacy leader, Jane Rooney, says Canadians need help to manage alarmingly high debt levels, sock away more money for retirement and navigate an increasingly complex labyrinth...
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Going strong at 100: 'Social butterfly' brings joy to others
They call her the epitome of a social butterfly — a woman whose smile is infectious, whose health is seemingly rock-solid, and whose ability to entertain a room with her piano-playing is dazzling....
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Gatineau police probe theft from seniors at retirement home
Gatineau police say there could be more victims after a 92-year-old woman was robbed by an orderly at a retirement home. Police said the woman caught the orderly stealing money and jewelry from her...
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The UpBeat: Program brightens the holidays for Ottawa seniors
This season, many Ottawa seniors who are alone will receive some holiday cheer thanks to the Be a Santa to a Senior program. Sponsored by the local Home Instead Senior Care office, the program brings...
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Letter: Spread some salt — and good cheer
May I make a suggestion to Canada Post now that it expects more and more seniors to go to a community box for their mail? Please have the men and women who deliver to those boxes carry a shovel and...
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Seniors centre seeks exemption to keep money-making parking lot
An Ottawa seniors’ centre wants the city to approve a zoning exemption so it can continue renting out parking spaces to the public. The Good Companions is a non-profit facility at 670 Albert St. that...
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Ottawa woman, 74, accused of drug trafficking
A 74-year-old woman was charged with trafficking marijuana after a month-long Ottawa police street crime investigation. Police said the investigation began in December 2014 in response to public...
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Champlain region worst in Ontario for falls by seniors requiring hospitalization
Seniors in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario require hospitalization or emergency treatment for falls far more often than those in the rest of Ontario, says the Champlain Local Health Integration Network....
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Fire quelled at Richmond Road apartment high-rise
Fire alarm tests at a Richmond Road highrise on Tuesday turned into the real thing just past noon. “They were testing the fire alarms today, and it was beeping all day,” said Jen Murray, 30, who lives...
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The federal budget: Here's what to look for Tuesday
The Conservative government’s first balanced budget in eight years is expected to sprinkle billions in spending on long-promised tax cuts and transit projects across Canada, months before a federal...
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