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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. […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I have never been to Arizona and would like some suggestions of where to go for six weeks. I would like a destination that provides activities, has a pool or two and is pet-friendly. Genie Tchoryk, Edmonton, AB Response: Ed.: Last year, my wife and I spent some time in Sedona, Arizona. […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Hello, I’m a widower and the kids are all gone and I’m tired of winter. I’m tempted to just load the dog in the truck and go, but then i think about buying a trailer here or…and I’m not sure where to head for, maybe the Texas coast or Arizona. Where do […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I have just returned from New Zealand where I spent a second winter in that country. Hence, I would like to start a Canadian chapter of CSA for those of us who go to New Zealand. I hear many of my friends are selling their properties in Florida or cutting short their […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, I recently received your Nova Scotia Elections Handbook. It was one of the most informative and effective pieces of assistive literature that I have ever received. In addition to the succinct précis of the mechanics of the Nova Scotia voting process and the political parties involved, it also provided an informative and […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

I support your upcoming lobby for a Canadian retiree visa. Jerry Kristjanson Ochre River, MB I support a Canadian Snowbird visa. Pat from Ontario I am absolutely behind any attempt to get such a visa in place. We winter in Texas and I know that they suffer economically when we all leave. It’s to both […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

The 2008 CSA Member Survey is now available online at www.snowbirds.org. Click the link below to open the online survey in a new browser. The questions posed on the following pages have been carefully crafted to determine if we are doing our best when it comes to meeting your needs as Snowbirds. Please take your […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Mr. Brissenden, I have been a member for several years because I believe in the goals and have benefited, in many ways, from my CSA membership. I continue to promote the CSA but often with limited success. Some people are just not joiners. There is a certain animosity between the West and East. Looking […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Ellen White, Thank you for this letter and the Travel Insurance Guide which arrived in today’s mail. I do not anticipate any out of province trips this fall or winter ­ so that’s why I did not respond to previous insurance brochures. However, having been a member of the Snowbird Association since its inception […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, The Fall 1999, Issue 33, was received yesterday, October 28, 1999. We winter in Arizona leaving at the beginning of November as most snowbirds do. On page 6, Fast Facts and page 23, Resources, there were 888 numbers given for Arizona. Available were info and discount vouchers. I phoned each, and found […]