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The Monarchist (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Over two hundred years ago the American Revolution shattered the British Empire in North America. United Empire Loyalist statue and plaque in Hamilton, Ontario Not all the inhabitants of the Thirteen Colonies opposed Britain. The United Empire Loyalists were those colonists who remained faithful to the Crown and wished to continue living in the New World. Therefore, they left their homes to settle...
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The Torch (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
I always find it odd seeing civilians given a military rank , even if it is an honourary one. But in some cases, the honour is undoubtedly well-deserved and the uniform seems to just fit: such is the case with Honourary Lieutenant Colonel Kevin D. Reed. (Now the news stories say this: "In December, Mr. Reed was made honorary lieutenant colonel of an army reserve unit in southwestern Ontario –...
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The LRC Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Women & Children’s cares for Ontario ‘miracle baby’ One-week-old Ava Isabella Stinson — all 2 pounds of her — has made quite a dramatic entrance into the world. First her birth. Last Thursday, her parents, Natalie Paquette and Richard Stinson, rushed to a Hamilton, Ont., hospital, where she was born 20 minutes later — more than [...]
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Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Investor's Business Daily has more on Canada's single-payer health care system. Canada's Single-Prayer Health Care Health Reform: A critically ill premature baby is moved to a U.S hospital to get the treatment she couldn't get in the system we're told we should emulate. Cost-effective care? In Canada, as elsewhere, you get what you pay for. Ava Isabella Stinson was born last Thursday at St. Joseph's...
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TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
Cash-strapped CanWest Global Communications is selling two money-losing TV stations as it continues its attempts to stave off bankruptcy. The Winnipeg-based broadcaster said Wednesday that it has been given yet another extension in its discussions with a committee of noteholders that hold C$761 million ($671 million) in outstanding debts. It now has until July 31 to reach a recapitalization agreement....
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Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
with the all-too-usual results : It seems that a Canadian couple gave birth to a premature baby this weekend in Hamilton, Ontario. Since Canada is just another Third World Hellhole where brain surgery is done with a 16" Poulan and a 6-pack of Moosehead, its not exactly a shock that NOT. ONE. SINGLE. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU for short) bed could be found for the child. I know what you're...
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The Galloping Beaver (Free subscription) | 07/01/2009
I've been living in Japan for a dozen years and I've only been home to Ontario a handful of times, so obviously I don't miss my home and native land that much right? Wrong. Tonight I have a lump of homesickness that is sitting in my gut like a double order of congealed poutine. Homesickness comes and goes, especially at the holidays, but Canada Day is always a tough one. You see, one of my earliest...
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Gateway Pundit (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Here is my latest column at American Issues Project : If the United States Passes Obamacare, Where Will Canada Send Their Preemies? Ava Isabella Stinson was born at St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario on Thursday of last week. Ava was 13 weeks premature. She weighed only two-pounds, four-ounces at birth. Ava needed special care and equipment to keep her alive. Unfortunately, there were no open...
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Canadian Online Health News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
TORONTO - Ontario is now reporting 11 deaths associated with the swine flu. An 81-year-old Toronto woman and a 41-year-old Hamilton woman who had chronic health problems both tested positive for the virus.
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Canadian Online Health News (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
TORONTO - Ontario is now reporting 11 deaths associated with the swine flu for a national total of 30. An 81-year-old Toronto woman and a 41-year-old Hamilton woman who had chronic health problems both tested positive for the virus.
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
HAMILTON, Ontario, June 29 (UPI) -- The driver of a sport-utility vehicle is facing charges after two weekend crashes in Hamilton, Ontario, left three people dead, authorities said. Allan Maki, 40, of Stoney Creek, has been charged with three counts of criminal negligence causing death and three counts of dangerous driving causing death, the Toronto Star reported Monday. Hamilton police allege Maki...
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SOCIALIZED MEDICINE (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
Welcome to Canada! By Mark Steyn Somewhere in America Alone, I cite an example of the logical reductio of socialized health care: "the ten-month wait for the maternity ward". I've been adding to the file ever since. Here's the latest entry, from Hamilton, Ontario: "Hamilton's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was full when Ava Isabella Stinson was born 14 weeks premature at St. Joseph's...
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Fishersville Mike (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
How convenient, when Blue Virginia decides to post about health care, that Mark Steyn hits the corner with the latest baby news from Canada. 1. Baby goes bye-bye . A baby is born premature in Hamilton. But there's no room in the preemie ward, either in Hamilton or nearby Ontario hospitals. So the baby gets shipped to Buffalo. It gets better. The parents don't have a passport, so they can't follow their...
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The Virginian (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
The incomparable Mark Steyn: Somewhere in America Alone, I cite an example of the logical reductio of socialized health care: "the ten-month wait for the maternity ward". I've been adding to the file ever since. Here's the latest entry, from Hamilton, Ontario: Hamilton's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was full when Ava Isabella Stinson was born 14 weeks premature at St. Joseph's Hospital...
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Reboot Congress (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
I just saw a tweet from 24thstate.com . It's about the tragic realities of socialized medicine in Canada. He linked to this story from the Hamilton Spectator (emphasis added): A critically ill Hamilton preemie turned away from McMaster Children's Hospital is all alone in a Buffalo intensive care unit because her parents don't have passports to get across the border. Hamilton's neonatal intensive care...
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