LMT_Nov_21_2022_Vol_115_issue_47

8 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, November 21, 2022
Overheard at the coffee shop
NOKOMIS COOP - CONTINUES FROM PAGE 1
“Sting, from the police, is perfectly healthy.
but someday, he’ll be stung.”
Home Plan of the Week
all singulars. Which we work together as a group to create that network that we need day to
day.”
Mark credits the cooperative structure and the democratically elected board for getting the
gas station re-opened. “We will continue to contribute to the promotion of the agro centre the
expansion of it. We will continue, in the future talking about - What do we need? What do we
want? We deserve it. We don’t have to settle for less…the co-op will be one of the places we can
focus our energies on from an economic development point of view.”
Eye-catching Warrendale is two in one
By Associated Designs
Multipaned windows in this
contemporary country plan sparkle
under a row of eye-catching gables
that face the street. With the
Warrendale you get the proverbial
two for the price of one!
This plan would be ideal for
two families who want to be close
but separate. Or one unit could be
owner-occupied, while rental income
from the other helps pay for
the mortgage.
Excellent separation of space is
the key to privacy. Each unit has a
covered porch which spans most of
its front facade. The shared garages
and upper bedroom walls are doubly
thick, with an added inch of air
space between. Outside, covered patios
on the side and rear
are well out of sight and
earshot of each other.
Only the upstairs
bedrooms are mirror
images of each other.
The other living spaces are
somewhat similar, but not
identical. Unit B is a little
larger overall, as is its first
floor. Unit A has a slightly
larger second floor.
In both, the living room and
dining room flow together in
one seamless open space that’s
partly open to the kitchen
across an eating bar. Views
from both kitchen sinks are
to the rear. A’s covered
patio is on the side, accessed
via sliding glass
doors in the dining area.
Owners’
Suite
14'6'' x 14'
B’s covered patio is at the rear.
Both have direct access to a totally
private garage. In A, entry is via
the utility room. In B, entry is off
of a hallway that leads to the kitchen,
past a mini-bathroom and a utility
alcove. A has a mini-bathroom
as well, just inside the front entry.
All of the Warrendale’s bedrooms
are upstairs. Each unit has
an owners’ suite, a loft, secondary
bedrooms, and two bathrooms.
Associated Designs is the original
source for the Warrendale 60-
036. For more information or to
view other designs, visit
www.AssociatedDesigns.com or
call 800-634-0123.
Dining
10'4'' x 10'
Living
14'6'' x 14'
Up
Covered Porch
Loft
Dn
Kitch.
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Garage
18'8'' x 22'
UNIT A
Bedroom
12' x 11'8''
Bedroom
12' x 12'
Warrendale
PLAN 60-036
DUPLEX UNIT A UNIT B
First Floor 610 sq.ft. 666 sq.ft.
Second Floor 927 sq.ft. 911 sq.ft.
Living Area 1537 sq.ft. 1577 sq.ft.
Garage 440 sq.ft. 437 sq.ft.
Dimensions 85' x 43'
3000 SERIES
Garage
18'8'' x 22'
Bedroom
12' x 11'8''
Bedroom
12' x 12'
www.AssociatedDesigns.com
UNIT B
Loft
Dn
Kitchen
Dining
11' x 11'
Living
14'6'' x 14'4''
Up
Entry
Covered Porch
Owners’
Suite
14'4'' x 15'
Dave Degenstien
March 1950 - November 2019
Dave would have strongly disliked that he’s looking offpage
in this photo. This was him in an office job, not as a
Mormon Missionary. Those glasses are right back in style.
He’s not trying to move an object telekinetically. This was
his “are you kidding me right now” face.
Canada ranks near the bottom
Of 30 countries with universal health care, Canada among
highest spenders, but ranks near the bottom for number of
doctors, hospital beds, MRIs and has the longest wait times
despite spending more on health care than most other developed
countries with universal coverage
finds a new study released by the Fraser
Institute, an independent, non-partisan Canadian
public policy think-tank.
“There is a clear imbalance between the
high cost of Canada’s health-care system and
the value Canadians receive in terms of availability
of resources and timely access to care,”
said Bacchus Barua, director of Health Policy
Studies at the Fraser Institute and co-author
of Comparing Performance of Universal
Health Care Countries, 2022.
The study compares 30 universal healthcare
systems in developed countries, spotlighting
several key areas including cost,
availability and use of resources, access to
care, clinical performance and quality.
In 2020, the latest year of comparable data,
Canada’s health-care spending as a share of
the economy (13.3 per cent) ranks highest
(after adjusting for population age) and eighth
highest for health care spending per capita.
But despite Canada’s high level of spending,
availability and access to medical resources is
generally worse than in comparable countries
(its performance in terms of utilization and
quality is mixed).
For example, (out of 30 countries) Canada
ranks 28th for the number of doctors (2.8 per
1,000 people), 23rd (out of 28 countries) for
the number of somatic care beds (beds dedicated
to physical care; 2.2 per 1,000 people),
and 22nd (out of 29 countries) for the number
of psychiatric beds available (0.38 per 1,000
people).
Canada ranks 26th (out of 29) for the number
of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
machines with 10.3 MRIs per million people,
and 27th (out of 30) for CT scanners with 15.0
scanners per million people.
Crucially, among the 10 comparable universal
health-care countries that measure
wait times, Canada ranks last with the lowest
percentage (38 per cent) of patients who waited
four weeks or less to see a specialist, and
the lowest percentage of patients (62 per cent)
who waited four months or less for elective
surgery.
“While today’s study measures Canada’s relative
spending and performance during 2020,
the country’s relative lack of critical resources
and struggle with long wait times for treatment
precede the COVID-19 pandemic,” said
Mackenzie Moir, policy analyst and co-author
of the report.
“To improve Canada’s health-care system
in the post-pandemic world, policymakers
should learn from other successful universal
health-care countries, for the benefit of Canadians
and their families.”
MEDIA RELEASE,
Mackenzie Moir, Fraser Institute