nsgrea

REGION 10
MEETING NOTICE

Posted May 10, 2010

POST RALLY UPDATE
ROUND ONE IS DONE - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE ?

Posted June 18, 2010

What's been in the NEWS re our PENSION ISSUES since the provincial budget came down back on April 6th, 2010 . . .

The Seniors' Legal Planning
Information Kit has been finalized and will be available free of charge to Nova Scotians, beginning over the next few weeks at public information sessions across the province.

Click HERE to find session dates in your area.

Posted April 27, 2010

PRESIDENT BERNIE SPEAKS . . .

Posted April 22, 2010
NEWS RELEASE

Sent to various Newspaper, TV & Radio outlets announcing our Association's intention to hold a protest rally at the NS Legislature Building on May 3rd, 2010, in response to the proposed changes by Government to the NS Public Service Superannuation Pension Fund

Our Aging Society - Who Cares ?
A Nova Scotia Reality Check

A free public lecture by
Dr. Janice Keefe

Date: May 5, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.

Location: Bella Rose Arts Center

Halifax West High School
( 283 Thomas Raddall Drive)

OR

Watch it LIVE online
at the same date & time

For more information, please VIEW poster

PENSION NEWS

Posted April 8, 2010

Public Service Superannuation Plan Budget/Pension Highlights

CLICK above to view "Letter from the Trustee". Once there, also click on "FAQ" to view the changes to our Plan and what they might mean to you.

Another Version of the Budget/Pension Highlights

Posted April 7, 2010

Public-sector pension bailed out, scaled back

. . . the province is borrowing more than $500 million to put into the plan to make sure it is fully funded. The plan is unsustainable in its current form, Steele said, having only 69 cents set aside for each $1 it owes. Steele’s moves are intended to make the plan 100 per cent funded by Dec. 31. . . . The government is topping up the fund by taking advantage of low interest rates to borrow $536 million. But the biggest money saver is limiting the cost-of-living hikes that pensioners get to 1.25 per cent a year for five years, starting next Jan. 1. That change will be responsible for two-thirds of the savings. There will be no cost-of-living increases after five years unless the plan has a surplus. . . .

Merchandise FOR PURCHASE

NSGREA Dental Plan

Older Person Safe Driving Program

View VIDEO
The Older and Wiser Driver

N S Pharmacare
Family Pharmacare

Check out their latest E-BULLETIN relating to topics affecting Seniors

Retirees Health Plan Booklet

Continuing Care

2009 Programs for Seniors

National_Seniors_Council

NS Pension Agency

The Cost

Gathered to Remember

Two poems by member of Region 3 Donald C F Moors

IN MEMORIUM

CHURCHILL,
Robert Lee "Bob"
January 26, 1934 - June 16, 2010

Husband of Provincial Executive Pension Representative & Region 6 member Joan Churchill
Funeral services were held on Monday, June 21st, at 10am in Canning United Baptist Church, Canning, NS, with reception following, and at 3:30pm in Brooklyn United Baptist Church, Yarmouth County, with reception following in the community hall.

MACKINNON,
Cameron "Cammie"
August 29, 1933 - June 12, 2010

Former Provincial Executive Treasurer of NSGREA (15 years) & member of Region 8
A memorial service was held in Bethel Presbyterian Church, George Street, Sydney, on Thursday, June 17th, at 11am, with a luncheon in his honour immediately following the service in the church hall.

RUSSELL (Harnish),
Marie Hattie
- February 28, 2010

Wife of Region 3 member Ed Russell
A reception in her memory was held at her Spryfield home on Saturday, March 13, from 12 noon onward, for those who knew and loved her.

SMITH (Grant),
Mary Margaret
1917 - November 14, 2009

Founding member of NSGREA

MOORS (Theakston),
Marjorie Joan
- October 28, 2009

Wife of Region 3 member Don Moors
A memorial service celebrating Marjorie's life was held Saturday, November 14, at 2 p.m. in Bethany United Church, Clinton Avenue, Halifax, with Rev. Vince Ihasz officiating, with reception following.