Bird Talk » Travel

Posted date : May 21, 2024.

I believe I read that, if you were a Canadian who went to the U.S. and returned to Canada, you had to be out of the U.S. for 30 days or the clock keeps ticking as if you never left?

Posted date : May 21, 2024.

We live in Calgary, Alberta. We are snowbirding down in this part of Arizona. We are covered by Medipac and we are CSA members….

Posted date : May 21, 2024.

Regarding question 28 – “Did you have any income from the U.S?” Do we have to say yes if we have U.S. investments here in Canada with our Canadian financial investment firm with U.S. withholding tax?

Posted date : May 21, 2024.

I plan to enter the U.S. on November 1 for a six-month stay. I will return to Canada on April 30. I will take a two-week trip outside of the U.S. in January. Can I then use those two weeks for a trip to the U.S. in July?

Posted date : May 21, 2024.

We are snowbirds. One day at noon, my husband had a seizure out of the blue. He was taken to the hospital in Melbourne, Florida, where he remained for five days….

Posted date : Dec 20, 2023.

Even though my home is in Vancouver, B.C., I grew up in Ontario and have many friends and relatives in Ontario. I like to take a driving trip from N.C. to Ontario each summer to visit and wanted to take my U.S.-registered vehicle, especially with today’s rental car prices.

Posted date : Dec 20, 2023.

As a followup to the email in the fall edition’s Bird Talk about leaving a Canadian-registered RV (or boat) in the U.S. for a long period, even more important is the six-month rule. We were planning to leave our B.C.-

Posted date : Dec 20, 2023.

Our primary vehicles are in Canada, and we have a secondary vehicle in AZ. If we intend to leave it there for longer than 12 months – or permanently – should we license, register and insure it in the state where it is located?

Posted date : Dec 20, 2023.

I applaud Ross Quigley’s editorial extolling the virtues of the N95 mask to combat the smoke and residue spewing from forest fires. However, if space allowed, I’m sure that he would have alerted readers to the dangers of Valley Fever. This a disease that is endemic to the desert states such as Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and California

Posted date : Dec 20, 2023.

From what I am reading, provincial health insurance in Saskatchewan is not valid if you have been out of the province for longer than four months. We are about to transition to retirement and are building a condo in Roatan, Honduras.