Seniors

LETTER – After 50 years of paying taxes, seniors deserve more than poverty

August 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

After paying taxes for 50 years…a living wage. Pension poverty is un-Canadian. Seven million Ssniors are on Pension Poverty and seven million Seniors will vote in the [Continue]

COMMUNITY – Annual seniors’ picnic returns to Riverside Park this month

August 7, 2025 // 0 Comments

The seniors’ picnic is back for adults aged 55 and over. Co-sponsored by Kamloops Seniors Village and the Hamlets at Westsyde, the event will take place on Friday, Aug. 29, [Continue]

NATIONAL PULSE – Lower-income folks least likely to be eligible for $250

December 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

Four-in-five say seniors, people with disability should be eligible for one-time cheque By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE December 9, 2024 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the [Continue]

LETTER – Seniors deserve better treatment from City during heat wave

July 10, 2024 // 4 Comments

Is this who we’ve become? BC coroners report from 2021 stated that 619 people in BC died due to heat related illness with 90% over the age of 60 years. Not surprisingly [Continue]

LETTER – Lack of a seniors centre in Kamloops is an absolute disgrace

September 28, 2023 // 2 Comments

Our Seniors Center in Brock closed in July. There are a few places where some services are available to seniors, at Heritage House, Cottonwood’s, and Desert Gardens. At [Continue]

KNOX – Just in time for Family Day, the Rent-A-Relic

February 19, 2023 // 0 Comments

THE STRANGER on my porch appeared harmless enough when I peered through the peephole — maybe 85 years old, rain streaming from her big purple hat as she leaned on her [Continue]