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Retirement Planning

Old Age Security Non Resident Requirements

Old Age Security is a public assistance program for the benefit of Canadians who are 65 years or older. Receiving OAS benefits is dependent on the amount of time that an individual has spent in Canada as a resident. […]

Buy Your Own Private Island: 5 Fantastic Isles Up for Sale Right Now
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Buy Your Own Private Island: 5 Fantastic Isles Up for Sale Right Now

Buy Your Own Private Island: 5 Fantastic Isles Up for Sale Right Now Lisa Johnson Mandell , provided by May 30, 2022 Realtor.com Life on a private island sounds pretty, pretty good right about now. Public service announcement: You don’t have to travel to the Caribbean or pay multiple millions to own your own island.… […]

Applying for CPP
Retirement Planning

Taking CPP at Age 60

The million dollar question is when to take CPP. There is no right or wrong answer but the earliest you can take CPP is age 60. Have you ever thought how your pension would look like if you were to wait until age 65 or what about until 70? […]

Charges in NYC chokehold death may hinge on ‘reasonableness’…
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Charges in NYC chokehold death may hinge on ‘reasonableness’…

NEW YORK (AP) — The potential criminal charges against a U.S. Marine veteran who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold aboard a New York City subway train might depend on whether a “reasonable” New Yorker would have acted similarly.Neely, a locally-known Michael Jackson impersonator who friends say suffered from worsening mental health, died Monday… […]

Politicians seek power to block social media users…
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Politicians seek power to block social media users…

DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers pushed a bill to the governor’s desk that would allow politicians to block social media users from their private accounts, just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would consider to what extent that’s legal. The bipartisan measure Colorado’s Democrat-controlled Legislature approved Thursday allows lawmakers to block people for… […]

Ukraine downs hypersonic missile with US Patriot defense systems…
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Ukraine downs hypersonic missile with US Patriot defense systems…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow’s most modern missiles.Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a Telegram post that the Kinzhal-type ballistic… […]

Germany: Man rescued from woods after sex game goes awry
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Germany: Man rescued from woods after sex game goes awry

BERLIN (AP) — German police say a 51-year-old man who was left tied up in the woods when a sex game went awry had a lucky escape after a cyclist and a hunter heard his screams for help.Police said the man was discovered fully dressed but firmly bound with ropes and a pantyhose over his… […]

Saving The Crumbling Adobe Mission Churches Of New Mexico
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Saving The Crumbling Adobe Mission Churches Of New Mexico

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTOApril 29, 2023 GMTCORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago in what was the isolated frontier of the Spanish empire, tiny mountain communities like Cordova relied on their own resources to keep the faith going.Thousands of miles from religious and lay seats of… […]