Seniors

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

 

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

 

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

 

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)
BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie presents to senior citizens and local residents during a Town Hall at the Senior Centre in Cranbrook. Trevor Crawley photo.

Seniors advocate says B.C. should eliminate home support fees

‘The world has not fallen apart in Alberta or Ontario, where they do not charge for this’

BC Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie presents to senior citizens and local residents during a Town Hall at the Senior Centre in Cranbrook. Trevor Crawley photo.
Retired Vernon businessman Wayne Klippert has rediscovered a love for painting. His current works can be found hanging in the windows of Legacy Photo and Framing on 30th Avenue. (Contributed)

Retired Vernon businessman draws back on painting hobby

Legacy Photo and Framing displaying seniors’ works in windows

Retired Vernon businessman Wayne Klippert has rediscovered a love for painting. His current works can be found hanging in the windows of Legacy Photo and Framing on 30th Avenue. (Contributed)
A total of 66 CareCorp Seniors Services workers in Vernon and Armstrong have a new three-year contract, approved by 91 per cent of members. CareCorp provides daily healthcare, food services, housekeeping, and laundry service to seniors in hospitals, care homes, and retirement residences. (Black Press - file photo)

North Okanagan seniors services workers ratify new contract

CareCorp employees in Vernon, Armstrong vote overwhelmingly in favour of three-year deal

A total of 66 CareCorp Seniors Services workers in Vernon and Armstrong have a new three-year contract, approved by 91 per cent of members. CareCorp provides daily healthcare, food services, housekeeping, and laundry service to seniors in hospitals, care homes, and retirement residences. (Black Press - file photo)
Longtime Falkland Stampede volunteer, businessman, baseball fanatic and community friend Ozzie Leaf died on Vancouver Island Saturday, Feb. 11. (Facebook photo)

Falkland pioneer Ozzie Leaf dies at 94

Longtime Stampede volunteer, businessman, moved to Vancouver Island after 89 years in Falkland

Longtime Falkland Stampede volunteer, businessman, baseball fanatic and community friend Ozzie Leaf died on Vancouver Island Saturday, Feb. 11. (Facebook photo)
A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)

‘It’s not fair’: Long road ahead for B.C. transit improvements

Province unlikely to fund more accessible transit this year: BC Transit

A BC Transit handyDART bus. (Contributed photo)
Pat Corbet, 88, has always wanted to fly in a hot air balloon, and she had the chance to cross the experience off her bucket list thanks to the Chartwell Wish Foundation Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

VIDEO: Vernon senior fulfills lifelong wish with hot air balloon ride

Pat Corbet took to the skies on a bluebird Saturday morning

Pat Corbet, 88, has always wanted to fly in a hot air balloon, and she had the chance to cross the experience off her bucket list thanks to the Chartwell Wish Foundation Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
Left to right: Kyla Braun, event and marketing coordinator at Kal Tire; Dixie Ross, winner; Elaine Waugh, Better At Home coordinator; and Kevin McCarty, senior specialist in social responsibility at Kal Tire. Ross won a new set of tires in a contest after providing 33 rides to seniors during the contest period. (Submitted photo)

Vernon volunteer wins new tires for giving seniors a lift

Dixie Ross provided 33 rides to seniors during a Kal Tire and NexusBC contest

Left to right: Kyla Braun, event and marketing coordinator at Kal Tire; Dixie Ross, winner; Elaine Waugh, Better At Home coordinator; and Kevin McCarty, senior specialist in social responsibility at Kal Tire. Ross won a new set of tires in a contest after providing 33 rides to seniors during the contest period. (Submitted photo)
A panel of experts with the Health Standards Organization has developed updated guidance for how care homes should operate in light of the deadly and tragic toll the pandemic took on Canadian residents and their quality of life. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Time is of the essence to bring in and enforce new long-term care standards: authors

The Health Standards Organization released updated standards Tuesday

A panel of experts with the Health Standards Organization has developed updated guidance for how care homes should operate in light of the deadly and tragic toll the pandemic took on Canadian residents and their quality of life. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
A Williams Lake woman said she was a victim of a phone scam where the caller ID showed the call was from TELUS. (File image)

OPINION: Boomers and the new world

Vernon senior on the ever-changing world

A Williams Lake woman said she was a victim of a phone scam where the caller ID showed the call was from TELUS. (File image)
Helen Sidney was named Vernon’s Good Citizen of the Year for 2022 at a gathering at city hall Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)

Vernon clean-up extraordinaire Helen Sidney named Good Citizen of the Year

Sidney turned 100 in December and still picks up garbage on Bella Vista Road daily

Helen Sidney was named Vernon’s Good Citizen of the Year for 2022 at a gathering at city hall Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Brendan Shykora - Morning Star)
A new UBC speaker series aims to answer questions around what people can do to live long, happy lives. (Credit: Pixabay/Pasja1000)

UBC promises to go beyond eating well and exercising in healthy aging speaker series

First lecture kicks off Jan. 23, with a discussion around daily stressors

A new UBC speaker series aims to answer questions around what people can do to live long, happy lives. (Credit: Pixabay/Pasja1000)
Joe Sommer has completed 190 jigsaw puzzles, all of which are on display in the basement of his Chilliwack home. Seen here are about half of the puzzles. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

VIDEO: This B.C. man, 89, has spent 57 years completing 200 jigsaw puzzles

All given to him as gifts, Joe Sommer has spent 57 years doing jigsaw puzzles and then mounting them

Joe Sommer has completed 190 jigsaw puzzles, all of which are on display in the basement of his Chilliwack home. Seen here are about half of the puzzles. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
A team of experts have released a highly anticipated set of standards to prevent the spread of infection in Canada’s long-term care homes. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occured during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Liberals mum on bill to codify standards in long-term care, despite new guidelines

Pandemic-fed crisis in long-term care prompted a feds to promise safety legislation in such settings

A team of experts have released a highly anticipated set of standards to prevent the spread of infection in Canada’s long-term care homes. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occured during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
At 82, Bruce Ives from Daajing Giids broke the Guinness World Record as the oldest male to perform a headstand. (Photo: Megan Romas’ Facebook)

VIDEO: Haida Gwaii man breaks world record for oldest male to do headstand

Bruce Ives was 82 years and 43 days old on the day he broke the record

At 82, Bruce Ives from Daajing Giids broke the Guinness World Record as the oldest male to perform a headstand. (Photo: Megan Romas’ Facebook)
Vicki Nelson of Vernon tries a kayak for the first time during the Inner Space Watersports Demo Days Saturday at Wood Lake in Oyama. (Lisa Mazurek/Morning Star)

Kayaking not how Vernon boomer remembered it

Excursion was at least good for a laugh - the best medicine

Vicki Nelson of Vernon tries a kayak for the first time during the Inner Space Watersports Demo Days Saturday at Wood Lake in Oyama. (Lisa Mazurek/Morning Star)