Posted date : Dec 19, 2023
CSANews Issue 129 WInter 2023 Edition – Our travel patterns to the U.S. have reverted to pre-Covid levels and we are slightly ahead of the 2019 number of trips. There is one big difference, though – automobile traffic is down by about 15% and travel by air is up. High gas prices and more competition in the airline space (which reduces prices) are changing our normal travel patterns.
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Posted date : Jun 15, 2022
CSA Member Advisory – Effective June 20, 2022, the federal government will suspend the requirement that domestic and outbound travellers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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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 : Sep 21, 2020
As a snowbird living in a seasonal home in Canada, I am concerned about reaching my Florida home for the winter if land borders are closed.
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Posted date : Dec 13, 2019
A recent, very-large study has shown that many heart procedures such as stent insertion, angioplasty and heart bypass surgery are unnecessary and can actually cause harm.
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Posted date : Aug 9, 2019
CSANews Issue 111 – Summer 2019 Edition – In this issue : Portugal Revisited – The Best Places to Travel in Summer – Retirement Blind Spots – DNA Tests – Secrets Revealed
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Posted date : May 14, 2019
My wife is looking at getting implants at a dentist in Los Algodones and we are wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this, or if CSA has any recommendations with regards to this. David Meace Edmonton AB Response : Ed.: Our recommendation at this time is similar to the Canadian government’s travel […]
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Posted date : Nov 13, 2017
Dear Bird Talk: Re: Travel with pets I found, to my chagrin, that WestJet, the company I prefer to use, will not take an animal between May and October. However, Air Canada does. (To Ron Steeves, my maiden name is Doris STEEVES – hi cousin!!!) Thank You! Doris Layton, Mississauga, ON Response: Ed: We checked, […]
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Posted date : Nov 7, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I was really pleased to see “Cuba a new option for seniors” which will now permit me to enjoy winter sun, provided I can get travel health insurance which I can afford. It would seem to me that your present insurance premiums are based exclusively for those that winter in the U.S. […]
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Posted date : Nov 6, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I have been given an exit date of March 8, 2015, even though it is far fewer than 182 days for my stay in the U.S. The agent would not tell me why. Is there a way to get this visit extended to April 15? Even though I have never overstayed in […]
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