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Archive for May 2009

cut-backs for “CHRONIC PAIN CLINICS” ?

May 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Politics
My name is Kimberly Kitchen. I'm a 31 years old. I'm writing this letter in regards to A Pain Clinic in Palmerston Ont. I know I'm not the only person suffering with chronic pain, but, hopefully, by telling my story, others will come forward. I'm a Mother of 2, and my ... Full Story


eHealthy spenders

May 31st, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community
    http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/05/31/9628311-sun.html Taxpayers paid consultants to prepare planted questions for eHealth CEO Sarah Kramer to answer after delivering her inaugural speech to the Ontario Hospitals Association, Sun Media has learned. That's just one of dozens of examples of questionable spending among the $5 million in untendered consulting contracts handed out by eHealth ... Full Story


Faith

May 30th, 2009 | By James Hillis | Category: Community
What do you have faith in? As Don McLean Say's in "American Pie" Do you have faith in God above, Do you believe in Rock and Roll, Can Music save your mortal soul! And what is faith? Is Faith believing what our elected leaders tell us is right? Do your Church elders ask ... Full Story


Are you getting what you pay for at the pumps?

May 29th, 2009 | By waycat | Category: Community, Opinion
Cheating at the gas pumps (PRINT OUT YOUR RECEIPTS AND READ THEM!) This is true story and it happened near Ridgetown Ont. We were on our way to Kingston. We stopped to get some fuel. The pump cut off at the full level and the pump should have shown a total @ $38.00 ... Full Story


CPP bosses to receive millions in bonuses

May 29th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community, Politics
The heads of the Canada Pension Plan are slated to take home millions in bonus payouts this year, even as the fund struggles and the economy slips deeper into recession. According to the fund's annual report just released by the CPP Investment Board, David Denison, the president and CEO of ... Full Story


Bringin’ The Goons to Molly Blooms!

May 29th, 2009 | By Jaymerica | Category: Announcements, Arts & Entertainment, Community
Bobnoxious W/Special Guests West Memphis Suicide & Jakk Damage Friday June 5th 2009 Molly Blooms 10 Manitou Dr. Kitchener, ON Raucous, gritty and bombastic, it's in-yer-face rock 'n' roll that would make Bon Scott raise his glass again. Bobnoxious features Bob Reid (best known as the lead singer/guitarist for the popular rock band ... Full Story


McGuinty concerned over eHealth spending ( has he been out of the country???)

May 29th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community
   Premier Dalton McGuinty says revelations of questionable spending by eHealth Ontario “do not sit easy” with him.McGuinty noted that an ongoing value-for-money audit of the agency by Ontario Auditor General Jim McCarter will be published this December, but he would welcome an earlier report if available.In the Ontario Legislature today, ... Full Story


eHealth making critics sick ( any wonder why our hospitals are in the mess they’re in?)

May 29th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: Community
Opposition wants 'walking papers' issued to minister, CEO over questionable expenditures  ENOUGH... government critics say. Opposition parties at Queen's Park are calling for heads to roll after the newest revelations of eye-popping expenditures at eHealth Ontario -- the taxpayer-funded agency established to produce electronic medical records for every citizen in the province. One ... Full Story


Northstar TCE, Cambridge, Ontario (and a planned school)

May 28th, 2009 | By Debbie Vitez | Category: About Trichloroethylene, better known as TCE.
-------- Original Message -------- Northstar TCE, Cambridge, Ontario (and a planned school) Date: Thu, 28 May 2009 10:18:24 -0700 From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> Reply-To: lsiegel@cpeo.org Organization: Center for Public Environmental Oversight To: Brownfields Internet Forum <brownfields@lists.cpeo.org> I keep running into sites like this, where schools are being built on or near shallow plumes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ... Full Story


RETIRED PEOPLE!

May 28th, 2009 | By waycat | Category: Community, Humour and Satire
RETIRED PEOPLE! Working people frequently ask us retired people what they do to Make their days interesting. Well, for example, the other day the wife and I went into town And went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we Came out, there ... Full Story