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  • A toast to Canada’s tastes

    From the briny seafood of the Atlantic provinces and the unique wild game of the North to the delicate fish in the waters of British Columbia and the breadbasket of the Prairies, Canada’s cuisine is as diverse as its people.

  • Uber active retirees

    At age 70, Ottawa’s Pierre-Yves Bourduas has become something of a life-long student of the impact that movement, exercise and weight training can have on an aging body.

  • Down with doomscrolling

    According to the 2022 Canadian Internet Use Survey, seniors aged 65 and older are the fastest-growing demographic group to adopt smartphones, up 11 percentage points in just two years (between 2018 and 2020.) While seniors use them much less than teenagers and working-age adults, almost two-third

  • Tattoos after 60? Yes, indeed.

    If Orson Welles made the movie Citizen Kane today, would his titular anti-hero have a tattoo that said, “Rosebud”?

Past Issue

Spring
2024

Sage60 gives Sage readers fresh content four times a year, and it releases about a month after each print edition. In this issue, we welcome spring with a primer on e-bikes, inventions that allow you to pedal on your own steam and receive a little help when you need it. We also look at coming out when you’re an older adult, and we examine the benefits — and potential drawbacks — of house swaps. Given that we just marked National Caregiver Day in April, and May is National Caregiver Month, we also have a story sharing our wish list for policy changes to support caregivers as well as some of our members’ struggles and rewards as they cared for their loved ones.    
 

Features

A woman biking along a mountain trail.

A guide to your new e-ride

Sales of e-bikes, which offer a little help on the hills but can still be solely people-powered for exercise, have surged since 2020. 

Mick Gzowski
Adult woman holding a rainbow flag.

On my way out

Coming out later in life can be challenging, but if you manage it well, it can also be rewarding. 

Patrick Langston
A man holding a model house and a key.

The great house swap

Offering your house as an exchange with someone in a country you want to visit is one way to minimize accommodation costs.  

Marg Bruineman
Husband and wife holding hands.

Caregiving’s unsung heroes

As many as one in four Canadians will be unpaid caregivers to a friend or loved one over the course of their lives. The federal government does very little for them. 

Jennifer Campbell