110-year-old believed to be oldest man in Canada thrown 'awesome' party at Fort Erie, Ont., legion | CBC News

CBC - 20/04
Burdett Sisler, who's believed to be Canada's oldest man, turned 110 this week. The Fort Erie, Ont., man says to pay attention to what's going on in the world, even when "a lot of stuff going on shouldn't be going on."

When he turned 105, Fort Erie, Ont., resident Burdett Sisler told his son Norman that his goal was to live to be 110. 

"I was a little skeptical," Norman said.

But on April 13, Burdett met his goal. Now, the supercentenarian hopes he'll make it to the year 2030. 

"Maybe I can hang in there," Burdett told CBC Hamilton, chuckling. "It's something to look forward to."

Burdett uses a wheelchair and has some difficulty seeing and hearing, but "he makes it work" and is otherwise healthy for his age, so there's "no...
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