By Susan Williams We are currently experiencing a labour shortage in North America. In the US, there are now more jobs than people looking for work and this situation is no different in Canada. If you think this is a good thing unfortunately this isn’t necessarily the case. If left unchecked for too long, this situation […]

By Bev Bachel Over the past few months, I’ve been asking people 50+ a simple question: How do you find purpose in retirement? Here are a handful of their answers:   “I’m spreading the word about phone scams so other people don’t lose their money the way I did.”   “Caring for my wife. She […]

By Joe Casey Remember Kobe Bryant’s retirement? It didn’t take long, but he was thriving in life after retirement. He was passionate about his second career in retirement. And he had already won an Oscar. You’ll always remember where you were when you heard the news. And again later when you heard that his 13-year-old […]

By Bev Bachel Just eight weeks before Maery Rose retired from her 30-year career as a business-process analyst, she went curling as part of a company teambuilding event. The result was a broken shoulder and torn rotator cuff. While such injuries would be upsetting to anyone at any time, they were devastating to Rose, who […]