http://www.snowbirds.org Voice of travelling Canadians, The Canadian Snowbird Association - CSA - is a national not-for-profit advocacy organization dedicated to actively defending and improving the rights and privileges of travelling Canadians. - Headline News Subscribe to this feed - Canandian Snowbird Association - New releases 10 40 40 http://www.snowbirds.org http://www.snowbirds.org/site-icons/csalogo.gif en-us Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:47:51 GMT Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:48:11 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/rss.php Snowbirds Editor 2.0 contact@snowbirds.org(snowbird admin) contact@snowbirds.org(snowbird admin) http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2201 MPs return to Ottawa to tackle pension budget issues : - It s back to the business of government in Ottawa today as lawmakers return from their six week winter break for what is expected to be a busy session of Parliament ..... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2201 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2191 Quit gloating dig out those winter boots : - Dig out those long johns and keep the Sorels handy The weather experts to the south say Manitoba can expect an early and very cold winter this year Meteorologists with AccuWeather com say the beautiful fall weather is going to come to an abrupt end very soon ..... Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2191 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2190 Air Canada flight attendants could walk off job by Thursday : - The federal government said Monday it was weighing its options after Air Canada s flight attendants served strike notice on the weekend saying they were prepared to walk off the job as early as Thursday morning if a new labour deal is not met by then ..... Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2190 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2189 How wireless technology can affect the body : - The bulk of research into cellphones and their base towers has found no definitive evidence that short term use poses significant health risks to humans So , policy makers have given industry the green light , allowing the use of wireless gear to explode around the world , to about five billion wireless subscriptions worldwide , by the World Health Organization s estimate ..... Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2189 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2152 Specialists acutecare driving health costs not aging population Study : - Rising acute care costs and more reliance on specialists and diagnostic tests are a far greater threat to Canada s health care system than the greying population says a new study ..... Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2152 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2151 Dont sell out sovereignty for border deal Canadians tell Harper : - OTTAWA Plans for increased border security and a better trade agreement between Canada and the United States shouldn t come at the expense of fewer safeguards on personal information or the loss of national sovereignty ..... Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2151 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2149 Popular baldness drug linked to male breast cancer : - A popular drug used by men across the country to treat pattern baldness could come with an unwanted side effect an increased risk of breast cancer ..... Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2149 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2148 US healthcare system less efficient Study : - While critics of the Canadian health care system lament long wait times and big costs to governments a new University of Toronto study shows one way our system works more efficiently and cheaply than those south of the border ..... Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2148 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2147 Last call for BC HST referendum ballots : - B C voters have until 4 30 p m local time today to cast their ballots in a referendum that could lead to the repeal of the province s harmonized sales tax Final results are expected to be released by August 25 ..... Fri, 05 Aug 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2147 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2144 Space tourism to open up next frontier of travel : - If you think of Earth s orbit and the moon as a big unclaimed territory ripe for adventure then you re in for a treat The space excursions now being planned promise nothing less than a new perspective of life on Earth and an expansion of what it means to be human ..... Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2144 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2143 One reason married men tend to be healthier : - Doctors have long known that married men tend to be a healthier bunch than single guys And a study published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has shed some light on the phenomenon ..... Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2143 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2082 Flight fee for USbound Canadians ruffles feathers north of the border : - TORONTO Charging Canadian visitors to enter the United States would hinder trade and travel between the two countries , Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday as a proposed passenger inspection fee ruffled feathers on both sides of the border ..... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2082 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2081 550 inspection fee : - President Obama has proposed a new tax that would make it more expensive for Canadians to travel to the U S The tax would charge Canadians a 5 50 inspection fee The hike only affects air or sea travelers People who drive over the border are exempt Canadian travelers say the tax wont be a deterrent but is just another headache ..... Fri, 25 Feb 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2081 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2078 Winter visitors flock to Snowbird Extravaganza : - The month of February on South Padre Island kicks off with one of the biggest Winter Texan events in the Rio Grande Valley It s the annual Snowbird Extravaganza at the South Padre Island Convention Center on Tuesday and Wednesday , Feb 1 2 , and typically draws thousands of winter visitors , mostly from Canada ..... Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2078 http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2075 5050 chance of an election in 2011 Harper : - Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he thinks there s a 50 50 chance of an election this year and says his governing Conservatives are ready for the fight when it comes ..... Tue, 25 Jan 2011 05:00:00 GMT http://www.snowbirds.org/search-results.php?r=2075