Posted date : Sep 14, 2023
I have chatted recently with several military and RCMP retirees about the change of health-care providers, from Sun Life to Canada Life. There is yet much confusion and frustration regarding the overall transition…
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Posted date : Dec 16, 2022
Retired in 1994, Mr. James Carl Simpson had a distinguished career serving in the Canadian Armed Forces. For 29 years, Mr. Simpson worked in many aspects of the armed forces including combat and strategical combat positions. He served in Germany, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, and Northwest Territories among other NATO excursions. In addition to his work in […]
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Posted date : Dec 16, 2022
Mr. Garry McDonald was, until his retirement in 2012, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce where, under his leadership, the chamber increased business membership by 60% to over 1,000 businesses. In this role, Mr. McDonald liaised directly with government representatives from all three levels of government on border, […]
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Posted date : Dec 16, 2022
Mr. Steeves recently retired following a distinguished career in municipal government serving as Director of Administrative Services, and Director of Transit & Parking Services with the City of Fredericton, New Brunswick. The highlight of Mr. Steeves’ years of volunteering was recognized being recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award; and by Rotary International with the […]
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Posted date : Jul 21, 2022
I was in Lake Havasu, AZ for more than three months. Before I came to the border, I tried my ArriveCAN…
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Posted date : May 11, 2021
CSANews Issue 118 Spring 2021 Edition, – In this Issue : TRAVEL : Musical journeys ; FINANCE : Moving on after the pandemic ; HEALTH : Take care of your tendinitis ; SPECIAL SECTION : snowbirding during a pandemic
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Posted date : Oct 13, 2020
Re: Snowbirds should fly away on their own dime, not the taxpayers’……One of the fundamental issues with Chris Selley’s piece is his mischaracterization of emergency out-of-country health coverage as a subsidy. To be clear, this coverage is not a government handout.
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Posted date : Dec 13, 2019
Enjoyed James Dolan’s article, but suggest one other BLIND SPOT: Aging Parent(s)
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Posted date : Aug 19, 2019
FAQs – Seven Month Absence in a Calendar Year for Longer Term Vacationers – Amendments have been made to the maximum period of time a resident can stay out of the province and continue to maintain Medical Services Plan (MSP) coverage.
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Posted date : Aug 9, 2019
In 2019, we rented our Florida/Jensen Beach condo out to Americans (for the first time) for the months of February/March through a Jensen Beach-based realty management company. Can we pay the tax on these U.S. rental earnings in Canada, or must we pay it to the IRS?
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