By Ken Johnston
Editor

By Ken Johnston
Editor

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

For decades our publicly funded healthcare system has been the pride of Canadians. Every citizen, regardless of social standing and ability to pay, has equal access to essential healthcare services.

By Al Lowe
Contributor

Letter to the Editor,
In last weeks poll you asked, “Do you hope the CN Hotel is rebuilt?”

This week Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada deliberately repeatedly attempted to mislead the people of Canada about the policies of Tom Mulcair and the New Democratic Party of Canada. Specifically, the Conservatives repeatedly made the claim that Canada’s New Democrats support a carbon-tax and would implement one if we were elected to govern. This is categorically false and they know it.

Recently, I was reading an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune that looked at the costs of job based health care in the United States. I was shocked by the cost being $15,745. It struck me as being unbelievably high. The costs had risen by $2,400 in the past four years.
Another study that was published in 2011 indicates that a family of four in the United States would pay almost $20,000 annually.
The Fraser Institute reports that health care insurance costs the average Canadian family of 4 almost $11,000. This was reported last week.

On Friday I lost one of my best friends I have ever had.
My dog, Navy Boy, was a 14.5 years old Shih Tzu (101+ in dog years) and had been steadily in decline for months.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

This Wednesday a special Anniversary Mass will be held at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton.