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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

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

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. 

Features

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.