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CANADA | Jul 21, 2026

[Article] Thank you for being a friend: B.C. senior home-sharing program to ease housing costs and isolation

A new North Vancouver initiative is helping older adults turn spare bedrooms into affordable housing, creating opportunities to reduce both housing costs and social isolation.The Hollyburn Society is piloting the two-year Hidden Housing Solutions program, which matches homeowners aged 55 and older w

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[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
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[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
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[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
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[Federal Program] Renewed funding for tax clinics

Secretary of State Long announces renewed funding for tax clinics for the 55th anniversary of the CVITP
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[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
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[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.”
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[Report] The Giving Report 2025: Trends in Charitable Giving 2018-2024

In this eighth edition of The Giving Report, we look at the period of 2018-2024 to understand how giving has evolved during a period shaped by crisis and transformation. The COVID-19 pandemic and a se
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[Article] What the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit Means for Older Adults

On January 26, 2026 Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the new Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, which will increase the former Goods and Services Tax (GST) Credit by 25% for five years start
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[Campaign] Small Steps Big Difference

It’s Never Too Early—or Too Late—to Protect Your Brain Health
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