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  • Travelling to Europe is about to get more complicated — and personal.

    Canadians are already restricted by the Schengen rules, which limit stays in 29 countries to 90 days out of any 180-day period. A one-two punch is now following in 2026.

  • Space lasers ignited wildfires in California. High-altitude vapour trails from aircraft are actually “chemtrails” containing mind-controlling chemicals. School-picture days are an international plot to gather surveillance data on future voters and consumers.

  • Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are already challenging diseases to handle, never mind the added burden of other diseases to which they predispose people.

  • At age 70, Sandy Larson took to the America’s Got Talent stage and declared that as a child she had wanted to do “something really spectacular on a big stage.” With two similarly aged friends serving as backup dancers, she performed a simple routine with a couple of ornate swords set to

Past Issue

Fall
2024

Sage60 gives Sage readers fresh content four times a year, and it releases six weeks after each print edition. In this edition, we examine the trend of low- and no-alcohol beverages, on which many craft breweries are jumping. We also look at lifelong learning and interview retirees about how they keep their brains active. In tandem with that, we explore what puzzles, games and activities our members enjoy as a way to keep the cognitive synapses firing. And finally, we interview a cataract surgeon and researcher who conducted a study on how Ontario’s move to private clinics for cataract surgery has affected care. He found that low-income Ontarians are being left behind. Given that many provinces have the same policy as Ontario, it’s likely happening elsewhere, too. 

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More and more people are opting to replace at least some of their alcohol consumption with no-alcohol options. 

Activities that involve thinking, learning and remembering can prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s or other aging-related dementia, studies find.

Mind games and puzzles can contribute to a healthy brain and stimulating the brain is one way to prevent dementia, according to current medical thinking. 

A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal made this finding. Other provinces’ programs are set up much the same way although the topic hasn’t yet been studied outside Ontario.