In Toronto, the Veterans Association National Council proclaimed that the words "pensioners" and "pensions" must be stricken from the Canada Pension Act because they carry.
Sheila Taylor, a pensioner who moved there in the 1930s, finds a very British way to look on the bright side.
Still, he says, laughing, "That doesn't mean that I can tell them about my old-age pensioner job.
Clerk's keyboard snooze nearly breaks bank A German bank employee accidentally transferred 222,222,222.222 euros (about $295 million) from a customer's account when he fell asleep at his computer. The bank clerk had been attempting to transfer just 62.40 euros ($82.80) for the customer, a pensioner, when he dozed off with a finger on his keyboard's "2" key. The clerk's boss was fired for failing to notice the mistake, made in April ...
June 11, 2013 - MSNBC
George Osborne in Telegraph.co.uk The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, said: "No one who is a pensioner today, or approaching retirement soon, will be affected."
Bob Brown in Sydney Morning Herald A single pensioner lives on $268 a week, or $13,936 a year. That is not enough to live on,Senator Brown said. "The Rudd government should not scrap the $500 seniors' bonus payment until it has increased the aged pension by at least $30 a...
Cheryl Kernot in The Age They think pensioners are powerless,Ms Kernot told ABC Radio today. "I heard about a month ago a pensioner crying on late night radio. He said if he didn't have his son to support him he couldn't live, and I just thought: In this country,...