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Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, Thank you for your recent article on Barcelona! My wife and I are transatlantic snowbirds and hibernate in Spain. Our nest is in Oliva in the province of Valencia. We know that there are more Canadians in that country, and we would love to hear from them. Our e-mail address is strakamn@hotmail.com. […]

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, We have been Florida snowbirds for the past 10 years but are becoming weary and more and more wary of the general attitude of the Florida government and big business towards snowbirds at all levels. The current insurance crisis is one aspect, the way we subsidize their homesteaders’ tax breaks, and the […]

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

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

Dear Bird Talk, I received your winter 2006 issue and enjoyed the articles and information it contained. Being in the eye-care business I was especially interested in the article on Vision and Hearing problem of older adults. The information regarding eye/health conditions that can affect a person vision is well presented and aging adults should […]

Posted date : Nov 4, 2017

Dear Bird Talk, It was such a pleasure reading “Drive to Bermuda” (in winter issue) CSANews. My late husband and I spent wonderful 3 week holidays there in June or October every second year for over 30 years. We stayed in a private guest house, on South Shore Rd. handy to beaches and towns. The […]

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 […]