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  • We all know we should exercise, but going to the gym can be such a chore — and couches sometimes have their own inescapable gravitational forces. According to a 2014 study in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, half of older adults are inactive.  

  • A century of “reefer madness” won’t be easily dispelled by the legalization of cannabis, even for medical uses.

  • On Nov. 25, 2024, a non-permitted surplus in the Public Service Pension Fund was revealed in a statement by the then-Treasury Board president Anita Anand.

  • Can you see the world without contributing to its devastation? It’s a question concerned travellers, conscious of everything from transportation-related pollution to food wastage at resorts, are asking themselves.

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.