The federal government is pondering policy changes aimed at making remaining in the workforce more attractive for Canadian seniors.
It would be a win-win situation for seniors and the country's workforce. More accurately, it's a need-need situation. With more Canadians living longer, a growing number of citizens will have to work past age 65 in order to provide the necessary financial foundation for retirement. And goodness knows, the workforce needs seniors. With the first wave of baby boomers due to turn 65 next year, the Canadian workforce will face a massive shortfall of workers unless seniors delay their retirements and remain on the job.

There is no doubt Canada Day is a big deal in Vauxhall each and every year.

The majority of Canadians who even bothered to watch the news over the weekend had to have been disgusted by the senseless chaos surrounding the G8 and G20 summits in Toronto.

Imagine being at your job for 46 years, and only missing two days of work throughout that entire time.
That is what Cecil Wiest has accomplished throughout his nearly half-century of service to the Municipal District of Taber as a councillor for the Enchant area.