A personal case for more hospital care in Muskoka, not less. It has been quite a hectic two weeks in the Mackenzie household. Two Saturdays ago, my wife Anne took a serious fall on the ice outside our home. She landed hard on her back and right arm. It was […]
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Listen Up! Ontario’s debt the largest of any sub-national government (i.e. provincial or territorial) in the entire world
Way Out Of Control! This column may not leave a warm and fuzzy feeling with my Liberal friends but before I get to that, let me try to put where I am coming from in perspective. Yes, as many like to point out, I am a Conservative and I am […]
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Listen Up! District councillors won’t endorse the hospital plan but they will support it. Wait, what?
Ring around the Rosie It was quite the circus at District Council last week when a motion was presented to endorse the motion from the joint meeting of the Bracebridge and Huntsville councillors, recommending two campuses of care in Muskoka, one for acute care and the other for ambulatory care, […]
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Listen Up! Hospital decision bad, Finley decision good. – Opinion
The Hospital situation There were a number of interesting comments posted on Listen Up! last week concerning the joint resolution of the Huntsville and Bracebridge Councils to recommend one acute care and one ambulatory care hospital in Muskoka. Many of them expressed serious reservations with this decision. In addition, I […]
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Listen Up! Peace in our time….but goodbye Huntsville Hospital?
Last Monday, the Huntsville Hospital Retention Committee presented their recommendations for hospital care in Muskoka to a joint meeting of the Bracebridge and Huntsville Councils. I was gobsmacked by what I heard came out of that meeting, first, because of what was proposed and second because it was approved unanimously […]
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Opinion – High Court opens Pandora’s Box for most vulnerable by decriminalizing physician-assisted dying
By Rob Millman Carter vs. Canada, February 6, 2015, was a Supreme Court decision which represented a significant departure from prior High Courts with respect to the subject of physician-assisted dying. This ruling unanimously reversed Rodriguez vs. The Province of British Columbia decision by decriminalizing physician-assisted dying. Furthermore, the government […]
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Listen Up! – Leases at the Summit Centre put the Town in a precarious position – Opinion
A CONUNDRUM I am starting to feel sorry for our Town Council, even though it is against my better instincts! Once again it appears that they have been hit with a legacy issue, not of their making, but one they have to deal with none the less. This past week […]
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Listen Up! – Why does the Hospital Board seem to be working against us, instead of with us?
It has been a long time since we have heard much about the hospital issue in Muskoka but there has been a lot going on behind the scenes and things are heating up. You will recall that last year, Muskoka Algonquin Health Care (MAHC) tabled a recommendation to build a […]
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