Posted date : Dec 12, 2017
The Canadian Snowbird Association is a national not-for-profit advocacy organization dedicated to actively defending and improving the rights and privileges of travelling Canadians. We need your help! The greater the membership, the more powerful and effective voice we cast against provincial, state and federal governments when lobbying for the rights of all travelling Canadians, whether […]
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Posted date : Nov 13, 2017
Dear bird talk, I find bird talk enjoyable and useful, thought you might like to hear what our border guard at Sarnia, ON said last September when we entered Michigan for a week of camping with friends. After he asked if we had fruit, etc. he waved us on with, “thank you for coming.” that […]
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Posted date : Nov 13, 2017
Paul Jenkins, CSA’s vice-president, advised us that there has been some misunderstanding of the CANPASS program. CANPASS is a photo identification card that has been designed primarily for frequent border crossings (i.e. people who live in Canada and work in the U.S., or people in “border towns” who go to the States to shop weekly, […]
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Posted date : Nov 7, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, I would like to share with Canadian Snowbird Association members our experience this past spring with Medipac Insurance. We had just begun our return to Canada from a five-month stay in south Texas and chose to stop for our first night at Shreveport/Bossier City, Louisiana. About midnight, my husband Steve awoke with […]
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Posted date : Nov 6, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, Imagine our surprise when my wife was stopped and ticketed for driving without a licence – $400 plus. We had somehow forgotten to submit an eye exam and in our absence, the second request – warning that if we don’t submit same, the licence will be revoked and the actual revocation sent […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, Reading the winter issue of CSA News, I noted the various efforts on recruiting new members. After showing the issue to friends, most of them mentioned the many pictures of loving couples (front and back covers, inside pages, all the advertisements), arms around each other in affectionate poses. Wonderful if you are […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, We think there should be a charge for non-members at the Extravaganzas. We went to the one in Lakeland. There were so many people we could not enjoy ourselves. One or two dollars would help all the good work you try to do. We know sponsors pay for some of the cost […]
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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017
Dear Bird Talk, Thank you for bringing the Lifestyle Presentation to Halifax. We enjoyed it so much. You have a lot of talent. So nice to see Gordie Tapp again and everyone did a super job. We look forward to seeing you in Florida but this was something else. Hope you all enjoyed Halifax and […]
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