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CANADA | Aug 18, 2026

[Info Bulletin] Supporting evacuees update & More support for people affected by wildfire smoke

Originally published: Aug 15, 2026 from two news announcements from Government of BCSupporting evacuees updateMore support for people affected by wildfire smokeSummary of important information below.Supporting evacuees updateAccommodation continues to be available for people evacuated who need it.A

[Participate] Study on everyday activities and wellbeing in couples

Help UBC researchers better understand how partners aged 60 years and above feel and think about their everyday activities and wellbeing. The Solitude Study (Principal Investigator: Dr. Christiane Hop

[News] Providing at-home support for more B.C. seniors

Home-monitoring support program will expand for as many as 2,700 seniors in B.C.

[Participate] Help Shape a Canada Where Older People’s Voices Drive Change

The International Longevity Centre of Canada is recruiting older adults from across the country to participate in a new Pan-Canadian project aimed at reducing ageism in healthcare, the workforce, a

[Article] If you have Parkinson's disease, experts say you should be dancing

Though she's always danced, Barbara Salsberg Mathews found a more urgent reason to take classes a few years ago. "I just thought, 'I better break out and start dancing, because Parkinson's can't stop

[Survey] South of Fraser East Area Transport Plan

TransLink launches public engagement for transit priorities in Langley City, Langley Township, North Delta, Surrey, and White Rock

[Article] Creativity, Care and the Rise of Social Prescribing

Originally published: February 5, 2026Healthcare often starts with the question, “What’s the matter with you?” Bringing the arts into care introduces another: “What matters to you?” The shif

[Federal Program] Renewed funding for tax clinics

Secretary of State Long announces renewed funding for tax clinics for the 55th anniversary of the CVITP

[Film] Silver Screamers

Silver ScreamersFriday, March 20 to Thursday, March 26📍 VIFF Centre, Vancity TheatreBUY TICKETSIn a project financed by the same New Horizons grant that funds VIFF’s Talking Pictures series, dir

[Article] The New Old Age

Life once followed a familiar pattern. You’d go to school, get a job, build a family, and then, sometime in your 60s, retire, enjoying life for a few years until you grew too frail to live on your own. Then you might move in with family or check into a facility where you’d spend your “golden years.”