GARDEN OF EDEN, Nova Scotia -- Theresa Fraser has slowed down a bit, but the 77-year-old Canadian woman still drives, volunteers in her community and knits for her grandchildren. Not bad for someone who's been told she died -- twice.

Fraser, who lives in a Nova Scotia town called Garden of Eden, found out she died the first time after going to Glasgow to do some Christmas shopping. She went to her bank to get some money from her pension check, which was automatically deposited.

"She said I didn't have enough for what I wanted," Fraser said. "I said didn't my checks come in, she said no your checks didn't come in."

So the banker helped her call the government to find out why.

"And no, no she's deceased and she said she's right here with me so I went on the phone and I said I'm bright-eyed and bushy tailed and I drove in, I drove 30 miles in so it was really a shock to find out I died," Fraser said.

Apparently, another woman in the same county with the same name and middle initial had recently died.

Fraser was told the problem had been corrected, but then last week she received a letter.

"It came to the estate of the late Theresa Fraser, my address and Social Security number and everything so I died again," she said, laughing.

This time, Canada Revenue wanted her to return the check they had sent to her in January. So it was back to the phone to prove yet again she was still alive.

Fraser fears the ordeal isn't over yet.

"I might be dead by the time it's over, if they keep bugging me," she said.