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The Benefits and Risks of Credit Cards | Canada.ca

  A credit card provides a short term loan usually at high interest. The credit card allows you to purchase and borrow money from the credit card issuer to pay for it. The credit card issuer is the financial institution that offers credit cards. You have to pay back the money you have borrowed. The…

Learning about Epilepsy | The Mayo Clinic

At LCCMedia Foundation, we want to start a weekly look about diseases and how to recognise them in our bodies. When we can, we will invite a medical practitioner to tell us more about some of the diseases ravaging our community. Here is our first look at a epilepsy. Epilepsy is a central nervous system…

Thanksgiving | Lorrie Morales

    Thanksgiving is a popular time for families to celebrate togetherness, special meals and to make memories together. Some people take short vacations to cabins or cottages before the cold winter winds begin to blow. Others enjoy the outdoors and the splendor or the autumn colors that decorate the landscape of our beautiful country. …

Painting Session Commences on the 9th October 2021

  LCCMedia Foundation is thrilled to be able to announce that its Fall Drawing and Painting Session will start on the 9th of October 2021 at 6pm. The teacher is Fetsum Teclemariam. We understand that we would be learning more than how to draw trees and buildings, we would be learning how to draw and…

Home  by A New Post Lorrie Morales

    When I have visitors, they often remark that my home feels friendly. There is definitely a difference between a house and a home and I can testify that over the years, we have invited many people into our house and all felt welcomed. Some stayed for a meal; others stayed overnight and some…

Senior Moments with Lorrie Morales | Friendships by Lorrie Morales

    I am grateful for the friends like gardeners who make my soul blossom. In our garden of life, we have many flowers of friendship. I have the elegant rose, the exuberant sunflower, the quiet daisy and the resilient snapdragons. Some of my plants are hearty and survive the frosts; but others are only…

Post Pandemic Ideas for Living | A new post by Lorrie Morales

  Before the word “COVID” became a household name, a friend and I had organized a Senior group in our community. She was tired of spending Friday evenings at home and I was looking for a challenge and thought I would help her out. Together we developed a calendar of events ranging from bird watching…

Nothing is Impossible with Mrs Moji Taiwo

Mrs. Moji Taiwo joined us last night on the Seniors Lit Show to talk about life after the pandemic, what the pandemic was like for her and much more. It is always refreshing talking with Mrs Taiwo. She is a lively sage whose generosity with her time is one we deeply appreciate. She did say…

Get Moving with Lorrie Morales | Senior Moments with Lorrie Morales

It is no fault of Lorrrie’s that this is published late. I have had incredibly busy a couple of days. Please forgive me. In this piece, Lorrie encourages us to consider different ways to keep fit as our bodies age over time.   I recently read somewhere that walking can increase your longevity by literally…

Healthy Eating | Senior Moments by Lorrie Morales

  Today, I ventured into my garden and was thrilled to see that my lettuce has now grown enough for me to snip enough for a supper salad. This time of the year is for healthy eating. Peas in a pod, carotene in the carrots and beets in the brine are a few of my…