Seniors

Ed Bain, popular morning man at 100.3 The Q radio and CHEK TV weatherman, on the streets of Crofton. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Radio host Ed Bain is Victoria’s morning smile

Humour and imagination are at the root of the Morning Show’s success

  • Oct 9, 2023
Ed Bain, popular morning man at 100.3 The Q radio and CHEK TV weatherman, on the streets of Crofton. (Photo by Don Bodger)
With passenger numbers on the rise, many airlines are looking to add more routes to their offerings. (Black Press Media file photo)

Tips to help stretch seniors’ travel budgets

Travel numbers on the rise

With passenger numbers on the rise, many airlines are looking to add more routes to their offerings. (Black Press Media file photo)
Roy Evans is 95 and still fixing watches. (Tim Collins/News Photo)

At age 95, Langford watchmaker is still ticking after a life lived well

A love of watches has been a constant in Roy Evans’ life

  • Oct 7, 2023
Roy Evans is 95 and still fixing watches. (Tim Collins/News Photo)
Kelowna’s Laura Draycott is in the running for Ms. Senior World 50. (Instagram/@laurainkelowna)

B.C. woman only Canadian in the running for Ms Senior World

Laura Draycott currently holds the Ms. Canada 50 title

  • Sep 27, 2023
Kelowna’s Laura Draycott is in the running for Ms. Senior World 50. (Instagram/@laurainkelowna)
B.C.’s seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie is critical of the current funding model for long-term care beds in B.C. (Black Press Media file photo)

Long-term care rewards those not spending on care: B.C. seniors advocate

Isobel Mackenzie calls for fundamental reform of long-term care funding system

B.C.’s seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie is critical of the current funding model for long-term care beds in B.C. (Black Press Media file photo)
The Vancouver Police Department is providing free, 911-only cellphones for seniors on low or fixed incomes. (VPD)

B.C. police department to provide free, 911-only cellphones for seniors

It can be used to dial 911 in emergencies at no upfront cost or monthly payment plan

The Vancouver Police Department is providing free, 911-only cellphones for seniors on low or fixed incomes. (VPD)
Diana is among seniors whose photo will be in a soon-to-be-released pin-up calendar. (Pelays Photography photo)

PHOTOS: B.C. seniors’ pin-up project captures ‘unbelievable’ transformation

Calendar to raise funds for continuation of Surrey Shares storytelling project

Diana is among seniors whose photo will be in a soon-to-be-released pin-up calendar. (Pelays Photography photo)
Myrtle Acton of Sooke set new world records for women 90-94 in the shot put and hammer throw at the Canadian Masters Track and Field Championships in Langley on Friday, Aug. 11. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)

Masters athletes compete in national track and field championships in Langley

Athletes from their 30s to their 90s participated

Myrtle Acton of Sooke set new world records for women 90-94 in the shot put and hammer throw at the Canadian Masters Track and Field Championships in Langley on Friday, Aug. 11. (Matthew Claxton/Langley Advance Times)
Ruth Goertzen, 84, enjoyed her second skydive, landing at Arbutus Meadows on July 29. (Submitted photo)

Skydiving Parksville octogenarians raise $4,000 for hospice society

Three Berwick Parksville residents and two staff jumped July 29

Ruth Goertzen, 84, enjoyed her second skydive, landing at Arbutus Meadows on July 29. (Submitted photo)
Ruth Goertzen, Ken Greenwell and Colleen Bonner will tick an item off their ‘bucket lists’ when they skydive on July 29. (Kevin Forsyth photo)

Parksville octogenarians set to cross skydiving off bucket list

Berwick residents, staff raise funds for Oceanside Hospice Society

Ruth Goertzen, Ken Greenwell and Colleen Bonner will tick an item off their ‘bucket lists’ when they skydive on July 29. (Kevin Forsyth photo)
BC Health Minister Adrian Dix (left) and Premier David Eby announce the plan to build a three-storey long term care facility on the west side of the North Island Hospital, Campbell River campus that will accomodate 153 long-term care beds. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

New long-term care facility for northern Vancouver Island announced

New 153-bed long-term care facility will be built at Campbell River Hospital

BC Health Minister Adrian Dix (left) and Premier David Eby announce the plan to build a three-storey long term care facility on the west side of the North Island Hospital, Campbell River campus that will accomodate 153 long-term care beds. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
Pat Patterson is a beloved volunteer at Saanich Volunteer Services Society. (Courtesy of Saanich Volunteer Services Society)

Saanich volunteer changes lives from behind the wheel

Pat Patterson finds happiness as a Saanich Volunteer Services Society volunteer for 18 years

Pat Patterson is a beloved volunteer at Saanich Volunteer Services Society. (Courtesy of Saanich Volunteer Services Society)
Parksville resident Marguerite Kerr celebrated her 103rd birthday on June 27. (Submitted photo)

Parksville woman celebrates turning 103 by flying a kite on beach

Marguerite Kerr heads to Rathtrevor Beach for birthday wish

Parksville resident Marguerite Kerr celebrated her 103rd birthday on June 27. (Submitted photo)
Mimi Vandermolen, Pat Pederson and Don Ross hold the quilt they completed and sold in a raffle to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. (Photo contributed)

Victoria Tapestry seniors out to break stereotypes about aging

Fundraising efforts draw on lifetimes of experience

  • Jul 7, 2023
Mimi Vandermolen, Pat Pederson and Don Ross hold the quilt they completed and sold in a raffle to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. (Photo contributed)
Workers hold flowers given to them as they watch as 150 nursing union members show support at Orchard Villa Long-Term Care in Pickering, Ont. on Monday, June 1, 2020. The National Institute on Aging found provincial long-term care standards vary drastically across the country and in some cases fall far short of the new national standards released earlier this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Provinces falling short of national long-term care standards: report

Not a single province or territory covered everything the national standard calls for

Workers hold flowers given to them as they watch as 150 nursing union members show support at Orchard Villa Long-Term Care in Pickering, Ont. on Monday, June 1, 2020. The National Institute on Aging found provincial long-term care standards vary drastically across the country and in some cases fall far short of the new national standards released earlier this year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
FILE - B.C. Seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks with Ladysmith seniors on April 19, 2023. Mackenzie’s latest report surrounding assisted living provides five recommendations for the province. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)

Confusion, cost and quality gaps in B.C. assisted living highlighted in report

Isobel Mackenzie says there’s lots of confusion around assisted, independent living

FILE - B.C. Seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks with Ladysmith seniors on April 19, 2023. Mackenzie’s latest report surrounding assisted living provides five recommendations for the province. (Bailey Seymour/News Bulletin)
Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera, announced an investment of over $61 million for 3,000 community-based projects through the New Horizons for Seniors Program. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)

402 senior projects in B.C. to receive federal funding

Over 400 new projects in B.C. are getting support from the country to empower communities

Minister of Seniors, Kamal Khera, announced an investment of over $61 million for 3,000 community-based projects through the New Horizons for Seniors Program. (Justin Samanski-Langille/News Staff)
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry spoke about the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 during a press conference in Victoria. (Chad Hipolito/ Canadian Press)

What seniors still need to know about COVID

Dr. Bonnie Henry provides answers to a few specific questions on behalf of Langley’s aging population

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry spoke about the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 during a press conference in Victoria. (Chad Hipolito/ Canadian Press)
B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks in Campbell River in July 2022. (Black Press file photo: Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

‘Fierce advocate’ set to retire as the voice for B.C. seniors after 9 years on the job

Isobel Mackenzie has had ‘an extraordinary career committed to making life better for seniors’

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks in Campbell River in July 2022. (Black Press file photo: Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
Louis Salvino, who worked 33 years for Watkin Motors and 29th St. Auto Shine, gives tips to Janis Lauman, Carol Schroeder, Anne Clarke, and Sue Ulmer in the art of car washing for Grannies à Gogo car wash, Sat, May 6.”

Vernon Grannies ready to get dirty sudsing up support

Car wash raising funds for Gogos

Louis Salvino, who worked 33 years for Watkin Motors and 29th St. Auto Shine, gives tips to Janis Lauman, Carol Schroeder, Anne Clarke, and Sue Ulmer in the art of car washing for Grannies à Gogo car wash, Sat, May 6.”