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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, It was a bright sunny day on Monday, March 15, 2010 when the first Ontario CSA picnic was held at Fort DeSoto Park, Site 5 in Tierra Verde, Florida. Approximately 495 Ontarians registered from all areas of our great province. To our surprise, a busload of Ontario snowbirds arrived all the way […]

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

Dear Bird Talk, Reading your article on Jim Flaherty makes me ask you, “Can we claim our premium for travel insurance policy on our income tax? I have paid premiums for three years now and didn’t realize that we could claim them. Also, can I claim out-of-pocket medical expenses for dentist bills which we incurred […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, We travel to Arizona in the winter and also like to use credit cards at the gas pumps. It took some time for us to be told of a solution, but there is one that works. We use a credit card – an American $ Visa this year, to avoid paying exchange […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I read the letter from R.D. Burrows in the spring issue of CSA News. We spend the winter in southern Texas and have experienced the same frustrations when attempting to use a card reader at certain gas stations. There is no U.S. zip code attached to our Canadian credit cards and, as […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I just read in the spring magazine about the problems experienced in Nevada, Arizona and California when using a credit card at service station pumps. We, too, ran into similar problems this past winter season all along the I-75 and throughout Florida. Upon investigation, we found out that virtually all service stations […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Just a word of caution to those of us who travel to Nevada, Arizona and California and use Shell, Chevron, Valero or Diamond Shamrock service stations. If you use a Visa or MasterCard, these cards are not accepted at their gas pumps without a U.S. zip code. These pumps are programmed to […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear bird talk, I could not let this year’s Canada Day celebrations, spent here at Horseshoe Cove R.V. Resort, pass without letting you all know just how much all us Canadian residents in this park appreciated yet another visit from Gerry & Joan Brissenden. Last year was our first visit from them and we all […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk: I wonder how many Snowbirds who have bank accounts in Florida realize that the tellers are NOT responsible for cheques??? I have a receipt for $400 deposited on December 7, 2005 in the form of 4 x $50, 10 x $20 and am in dispute with the bank regarding the amount of […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I read your article about Ontario leading the way for TAX BREAKS FOR SENIORS. In fact BC HAS HAD THE SENIOR PROPERTY TAX BREAK ON EDUCATION FOR ABOUT 15 YRS OR MORE. In BC it’s called THE HOMEOWNERS GRANT, and as seniors you don’t pay the school tax portion on your taxes. […]