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These stories about senior living and the issues impacting seniors in our community are made possible through our Community Leaders Program.

Prime: Maintaining your friends list is more important as you age

Prime: Maintaining your friends list is more important as you age

Don’t let loneliness become your only friend once you hit your mid-60s, Prime writer Hugh Kruzel advises
Prime: Don’t put off retirement travel plans

Prime: Don’t put off retirement travel plans

It just might be too late to go later
Prime: The perks of aging and where to find them

Prime: The perks of aging and where to find them

Seniors’ discounts abound but sometimes you have to do a bit of digging (or read an informative bit of writing) to get them
Prime: What does retirement look like for you?

Prime: What does retirement look like for you?

Full retirement, semi-retirement, phased retirement or no retirement at all — where do you see your work life going?
Prime: Marking your 80th birthday has implications for driving

Prime: Marking your 80th birthday has implications for driving

Freelancer Hugh Kruzel brings newly-minted octogenarians through what they need to do to stay on the road
Prime: The fine art of Swedish Death Cleaning

Prime: The fine art of Swedish Death Cleaning

This is ‘döstädning’ and here’s why you should you be doing it
Prime: Grifters galore, a persistent danger for older adults

Prime: Grifters galore, a persistent danger for older adults

Our writer on seniors' issues, Hugh Kruzel, speaks with Lise Landry, the seniors liaison with Greater Sudbury Police, about how older people can keep themselves safe from confidence scams
Prime: Six question on foot care with a local chiropodist

Prime: Six question on foot care with a local chiropodist

Feet are pretty amazing things, but as we age, foot problems and challenges with foot care crop up. As May is Foot Care Month, Prime writer Hugh Kruzel met with a local chiropodist to talk about feet and aging
Prime: Is retirement your next job?

Prime: Is retirement your next job?

For Ron Vaillancourt retirement couldn’t be about simply sitting around with nothing to do
Prime: Have you found yourself ‘sandwiched’?

Prime: Have you found yourself ‘sandwiched’?

Longer lifespans have created a new demographic, the Sandwich Generation, caught between caring for their children and caring for aging parents