Seniors

Jo de Vries (right), founder and CEO of the Fresh Outlook Foundation, is collaborating with local writers Katherine Mortimer (left), Kevin Mitchell and Cara Brady for a series of online articles on seniors’ mental health. (Contributed)

Heads up, Vernon: stories for seniors by seniors coming soon

Fresh Outlook Foundation receives funding to expand HEADS UP! program

  • Jun 9, 2023

 

Salmon Arm’s Shirley Ehlers was joined by family and friends on June 3, 2023 to celebrate her on her 100th birthday. (Photo contributed)

Salmon Arm woman celebrated on 100th birthday

Shirley and Hugh Ehlers operated the Enchanted Forest for nine years

  • Jun 5, 2023

 

Greater Vernon’s Cycling Without Age program is back for 2023, giving free rides to seniors and less able-bodied persons around the city and Okanagan Rail Trail. Since its inception in 2019, and missing two years due to the pandemic, the program has given more than 800 seniors bike rides, travelling more than 6,200 kilometres. (Morning Star file photo)

Cycling Without Age gets early 2023 start in Greater Vernon

Popular three-wheeled bike program that gives free rides to seniors started May 16

 

Vernon celebrates Seniors’ Week June 5-9. (Contributed)

Seniors celebrated with weeklong fun in Vernon

Seniors’ Week is June 5-9

Vernon celebrates Seniors’ Week June 5-9. (Contributed)
Staff at Orchard Valley Retirement help Gord and Doreen Ellinson celebrate their 70th anniversary. (Contributed)

Seniors celebrate 70th anniversary at Vernon retirement home

Gord and Doreen Ellinson mark special ocassion at Orchard Valley

Staff at Orchard Valley Retirement help Gord and Doreen Ellinson celebrate their 70th anniversary. (Contributed)
The Fifth Avenue 50+ Activity Centre in Salmon Arm is lobbying for a bus stop on Fifth Avenue SE with support from city council. (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)

More fuel added to request for bus stop at Salmon Arm seniors centre

City council supports request for bus stop at 5th Avenue 50+ Activity Centre

The Fifth Avenue 50+ Activity Centre in Salmon Arm is lobbying for a bus stop on Fifth Avenue SE with support from city council. (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)
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
The City of Vernon hosts an open house Tuesday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Schubert Centre to discuss with residents how the city can be more age- and dementia friendly. (File photo)

Residents invited to Vernon age-, dementia-friendly open house

Open house is Tuesday, May 9, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Schubert Centre

The City of Vernon hosts an open house Tuesday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Schubert Centre to discuss with residents how the city can be more age- and dementia friendly. (File photo)
An 81-year-old Vernon woman was injured on a BC Transit bus in Vernon, prompting a call for bus drivers to wait until passengers are seated before driving off. (File photo)

BC Transit changes sought after Vernon senior injured on bus

Dannie Boucher’s grandmother suffered a fall after the driver took off before she was seated

An 81-year-old Vernon woman was injured on a BC Transit bus in Vernon, prompting a call for bus drivers to wait until passengers are seated before driving off. (File photo)
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.”
The homes are now ready. Photo Andrea DeMeer

Temporary housing for seniors displaced after 2021 floods opens in Princeton

20 new temporary homes are now open in Princeton

The homes are now ready. Photo Andrea DeMeer
The first three members of the BC 55+ Summer Games in Salmon Arm, Vice President Caitlin Thompson, President Debbie Cannon and Director of Administration Carl Cooper, pause for a photo following the April 24 city council meeting. (Photo contributed)

‘Piece of cake’: Finding 1,200 volunteers for 55+ Games in Salmon Arm not a problem

Organizing team for 2024 Games in September ready to roll

The first three members of the BC 55+ Summer Games in Salmon Arm, Vice President Caitlin Thompson, President Debbie Cannon and Director of Administration Carl Cooper, pause for a photo following the April 24 city council meeting. (Photo contributed)
The beauty and peace of Salmon Arm fills Sean Sands, 82, with gratitude for living in the town. (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)

From disillusioned to grateful: Senior resident shares view of Salmon Arm

Finding housing, affording food, lacking information about resources key issues for seniors

The beauty and peace of Salmon Arm fills Sean Sands, 82, with gratitude for living in the town. (Martha Wickett-Salmon Arm Observer)
Home security video captures a person kicking at a front door, part of a TikTok challenge. Photo via video reel

VIDEO: B.C. homeowners hospitalized after TikTok challenge turns ugly

Charges pending against teens and residents after longstanding door-kicking problem comes to a head

Home security video captures a person kicking at a front door, part of a TikTok challenge. Photo via video reel
Happy birthday to Vernon resident Edna Ratzliff, who turns 106 Sunday, March 19. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)

Vernon resident reflects on 106 years

Edna Ratzliff is a retired missionary, mother of four, born March 19, 1917 in Saskatchewan

Happy birthday to Vernon resident Edna Ratzliff, who turns 106 Sunday, March 19. (Roger Knox - Morning Star)
Residents of Vernon’s Canterbury Court raised more than $2,000 for the North Okanagan Hospice Society. (Contributed)

Vernon seniors care deeply about hospice society

Residents of Canterbury raise more than $2,000 for North Okanagan Hospice Society

Residents of Vernon’s Canterbury Court raised more than $2,000 for the North Okanagan Hospice Society. (Contributed)
An SUV crashed into Canadian Tire Wednesday, March 15. (Stefan Tobler photo)

Senior crashes car into Vernon business

Driver suffers minor injuries after SUV driven into Canadian Tire

An SUV crashed into Canadian Tire Wednesday, March 15. (Stefan Tobler photo)
Mission RCMP say an 86-year-old man was scammed into paying thousands of dollars for “his grandson’s bail” in late February. / File Photo

B.C. senior falls victim to ‘grandparent scam,’ loses thousands of dollars

An 86-year-old man from Mission was scammed into paying thousands of dollars for ‘his grandson’s bail’

Mission RCMP say an 86-year-old man was scammed into paying thousands of dollars for “his grandson’s bail” in late February. / File Photo
Maryanne Thomas, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ number one fan, in 2011. (Kim Kimberlin photo)

Vernon grandma’s got 108 moves at 95

Granddaughter pens tribute to matriarch providing love and laughter

Maryanne Thomas, the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ number one fan, in 2011. (Kim Kimberlin photo)