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Posted date : May 21, 2024

CSANews Issue 130 Spring 2024 Edition – Our Extravaganzas and Winter Information Meetings had been dormant for four years – trapped in the dreaded Covid purgatory. This year, we decided to see if we could resurrect their past successes. Would anyone come to the shows? Would they bring their friends? Did we have any friends left after the brutal lockdowns?

Posted date : Dec 16, 2022

Ted Popel has a long and distinguished career as an Insurance Professional with expertise in the Special Risk and Travel Medical Field, including risk evaluation, client/broker contact and product design. Ted has earned a reputation for being an effective negotiator, innovator and marketer and is experienced in all aspects of risk management. Ted has designed […]

Posted date : May 10, 2019

What a great year it has been! We have all, hopefully, survived the vicious hurricanes, fires, landslides, upheavals and riots that plagued North America this year and we are looking forward to what 2018 can bring to us as it unfolds.   This past year was, of course, the 25th anniversary of the founding of […]

Posted date : Nov 27, 2017

Snowbird Extravaganzas, Snowbird Lifestyle Presentations and CSA Winter Information Meetings are a mixture of information, education and entertainment, with featured performances by world-class entertainers. Our Snowbird Events are always open to the public, and admission is always FREE.

Posted date : Nov 22, 2017

Snowbird Extravaganzas (FL. TX. AZ) and the CSA Winter Information Meetings are returning in January 2025! Check our events page regularly for updates.

Posted date : Nov 7, 2017

Dear Bird Talk: I was interested in reading your Editor’s Message in the winter issue of CSANews (issue 65). There is no doubt that the Canadian dollar is buying much more than it did in even the recent past. All snowbirds hope that the rates of exchange stay where they are for many years to […]

Posted date : Nov 6, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I have recently become a member. I don’t know how to get any of the information I require. 1. Should I get a U.S. Visa and bank account? 2. How do I find locations popular for Canadian snowbirds? 3. Where do I pose questions such as the above? Othello from Ontario Response: […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Gerry (Brissenden, CSA Past-President) gave a presentation to our coffee hour folks at Sunnybreeze Christian Fellowship yesterday near Arcadia, Florida. Just over 200 listened with appreciation (half-Canadian and half-American audience). The presentation was so well received that one of our American friends asked Gerry if he would consider becoming an American citizen, […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Mr. Quigley (Medipac Travel Insurance), Thank you very much for the US$500 cheque for the door prize at the Winter Information Meeting in Yuma, AZ. I have attended quite a few of these meetings and we always enjoy them. I usually do enter the draw, buy a ticket on the 50/50, etc., but never […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Committee chair, I have been a snowbird member since its inception and believe it to be a great organization for the snowbird population. I would however like to make a suggestion that I’m sure has been made before, that is to charge a nominal fee to non members to access the annual meeting and entertainment […]