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VIDEO: Seniors take to the streets for better pensions across B.C.

Tin Cup initiative aims to increase OAP to Canadian poverty level

Seniors in several locations across B.C. took a walk for a reason Thursday (March 21) morning.

In White Rock, as well as at locations in Vernon, Terrace, Ladysmith, Kamloops and Prince George, seniors gathered with signs, posters and placards for the Tin Cup March for Fair Senior’s Pensions, held simultaneously across the province to draw attention to the plight of seniors living in poverty.

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Tricia Weel

About the Author: Tricia Weel

I’m a lifelong writer, and worked as a journalist in community newspapers for more than a decade, from White Rock to Parksville and Qualicum Beach, to Abbotsford and Surrey, from 2001-2012
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