[Northern Light]

Well, as with any drug, there are conditions where one should not be taking the pill.

It’s not for everyone due to some major side effects (rare but do happen) and that’s likely better dealt with by a health professional. IMO

I agree, but Pharmacists are health professionals. The drug would still be prescription, its merely that the pharmacist would have prescribing power for that drug, as they now do for many others.

It would still be behind the counter.

8 other provinces have given pharmacists this power, in some cases, for many years, I haven't heard of a significant negative issue emerging.

 

[lenaitch]

Nothing to do with Ford, but Hilary Weston, former LG, has died at age 83. I met her a few times and found her to be a very personable and engaging lady.

Hilary Weston, fashion mogul and former Ontario lieutenant-governor, dead at 83

Hilary Weston, an Irish-Canadian fashion mogul and former lieutenant-governor of Ontario who devoted time to issues tied to women, volunteerism and youth, has died at 83.

www.thestar.com

 

[PL1]

Nothing to do with Ford, but Hilary Weston, former LG, has died at age 83. I met her a few times and found her to be a very personable and engaging lady.

Hilary Weston, fashion mogul and former Ontario lieutenant-governor, dead at 83

Hilary Weston, an Irish-Canadian fashion mogul and former lieutenant-governor of Ontario who devoted time to issues tied to women, volunteerism and youth, has died at 83.

www.thestar.com

I never realized she was Galen Weston's mom

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

THIS TOWN HAS 5 CEMETERIES CEME & NO HOSPITAL! SO DRIVE CAREFULLY. E BIKES FOR SALE! ВОкОΟт

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Fort Erie, Ontario used to have the Douglas hospital Douglas Memorial Hospital there

t’s Only an urgent care centre these days with plans to be closed permanently once the New Niagara Falls south hospital is built in a few years. Currently open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. And due to shortage of staff at hospitals this summer,

The Fort Erie site will continue to be closed on Fridays from July 4 through mid-September.

Fort Erie UCC will be closed on the Civic Holiday long weekend (Aug. 1 to 4) and open on the Labour Day long weekend (Aug. 30 to Sept. 1)

With the Douglas Memorial Hospital almost unusable, the Ford government is expecting the 90-year old people to drive themselves to Niagara Falls for hospital tests, instead of walking or taking the bus to do the tests.

 

[lenaitch]

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THIS TOWN HAS 5 CEMETERIES CEME & NO HOSPITAL! SO DRIVE CAREFULLY. E BIKES FOR SALE! ВОкОΟт

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With the Douglas Memorial Hospital almost unusable, the Ford government is expecting the 90-year old people to drive themselves to Niagara Falls for hospital tests, instead of walking or taking the bus to do the tests.

Maybe he'll allow a private clinic to open and charge 3x as much.

 

[picard102]

With the Douglas Memorial Hospital almost unusable, the Ford government is expecting the 90-year old people to drive themselves to Niagara Falls for hospital tests, instead of walking or taking the bus to do the tests.

I imagine you've never lived outside of Southern Ontario? A 20 min drive to a hospital isn't that odd in the rest of Ontario.

 

[Thinker]

I imagine you've never lived outside of Southern Ontario? A 20 min drive to a hospital isn't that odd in the rest of Ontario.

It is if the persons in question doesn’t drive and there is no public transportation available or they have to rely on others, if they are willing or available.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

I imagine you've never lived outside of Southern Ontario? A 20 min drive to a hospital isn't that odd in the rest of Ontario.

I'm 73 years old. I take public transit to and from for hospital tests. Takes me an hour each way because of the traffic congestion caused by the automobile slowing the buses and streetcars down.

 

[Thinker]

I'm 73 years old. I take public transit to and from for hospital tests. Takes me an hour each way because of the traffic congestion caused by the automobile slowing the buses and streetcars down.

I am 76, I normally take the TTC to my medical appointments, parking at hospitals is prohibitively too expensive. 3 weeks ago I had spinal surgery 3 fusions and spinal cord decompression, finding my self taking Uber as I use a walker, and can’t stand to wait long on my feet. Once I can just manage with a cane, I will go back on public transit

 

[innsertnamehere]

Maybe he'll allow a private clinic to open and charge 3x as much.

no need. plenty of private clinics across the bridge from Fort Erie.

A reminder for many that is hard to understand when you live in Toronto - there are very, very few people living in SW Ontario without access to a vehicle, and the few that are often have support networks around them (i.e. family) which allow it. The simple reality is that much of this province is difficult to live car-free and always has been. It's not a new aspect of life and the percentage of the population without ready access to a vehicle is extremely small.

The new Niagara South Hospital when it is completed will be a 10 minute drive down the QEW from Fort Erie and will feature very high levels of care. Fort Erie will have excellent access to care at that time.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

no need. plenty of private clinics across the bridge from Fort Erie.

A reminder for many that is hard to understand when you live in Toronto - there are very, very few people living in SW Ontario without access to a vehicle, and the few that are often have support networks around them (i.e. family) which allow it. The simple reality is that much of this province is difficult to live car-free and always has been. It's not a new aspect of life and the percentage of the population without ready access to a vehicle is extremely small.

The new Niagara South Hospital when it is completed will be a 10 minute drive down the QEW from Fort Erie and will feature very high levels of care. Fort Erie will have excellent access to care at that time.

Public transit in general needs to be improved in the Regional Municipality of Niagara. With facilities, such as hospitals, so far apart, public transit has to be frequent, larger coverage, and almost 24 hours a day. Maybe GO buses are needed between points like Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, and Fort Erie. But Doug Ford is busy building expressways through the greenbelt instead.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Public transit in general needs to be improved in the Regional Municipality of Niagara. With facilities, such as hospitals, so far apart, public transit has to be frequent, larger coverage, and almost 24 hours a day. Maybe GO buses are needed between points like Niagara-on-the-Lake, Niagara Falls, and Fort Erie. But Doug Ford is busy building expressways through the greenbelt instead.

Niagara Transit offers a reginal transit route from Fort Erie up the QEW which will presumably make a stop at the new hospital when it is done for the probably ~1-3% of the population of Fort Erie without access to a private vehicle.

For the other 97-99% of people... they will drive. People don't really need or particularly even want public transit in these low density environments, nor is it particularly feasible to offer high quality transit services as densities are not high enough to support it. It's simply not Toronto and does not work like Toronto.

The few that do rely on transit tend to move to areas of regions with better access to alternative modes - like St Catharines or Niagara Falls. There are larger numbers of car-free households in those areas, but even then are generally limited to only the population which cannot drive for financial or physical reasons, which again, is a very small percentage of the population overall. Public transit riders in Niagara is dominated by students, very low income households (i.e. people living on disability, etc.) and the extremely old. It's important to provide services to support this population, especially given their generally marginalized status, but transit in these areas often requires massive subsidies and there are limits to what is practical.

It's not Toronto, you will see very very few people taking the bus to their job, especially not a job in which they are gainfully employed in a skilled position and earn a good salary, and you won't induce those kinds of trips without blowing the entire piggybank on subsidies.

 

[Admiral Beez]

I am 76, I normally take the TTC to my medical appointments, parking at hospitals is prohibitively too expensive.

When, newly married in our mid 20s we bought our place downtown in the late 1990s my friends were all saying we were mad, that we should buy in in the suburbs. But my wife always replied, no, we want to be downtown since when we’re old and/or can no longer drive, the streetcar is steps away from our front door, and it’s a short streetcar ride to our doctor’s office and most of the province’s top hospitals and clinics. I think if I couldn’t take TTC, I’d Uber it rather than parking.

 

[Towered]

When, newly married in our mid 20s we bought our place downtown in the late 1990s my friends were all saying we were mad, that we should buy in in the suburbs. But my wife always replied, no, we want to be downtown since when we’re old and/or can no longer drive, the streetcar is steps away from our front door, and it’s a short streetcar ride to our doctor’s office and most of the province’s top hospitals and clinics. I think if I couldn’t take TTC, I’d Uber it rather than parking.

People are nuts man - where in the suburbs can you get beautiful Victorian houses like those in Cabbagetown?

 

[T3G]

People are nuts man - where in the suburbs can you get beautiful Victorian houses like those in Cabbagetown?

Hey man, where else are you going to get ultra wide stroads that are perfect for drag racing, gas stations, big box stores, and warehouses that are somehow quieter than the city? But at least you don't have nightclub goers...

I recently had the misfortune of driving along Derry Road/Rexdale Blvd from Mississauga all the way to Islington and I don't think I've ever been so disgusted in my life.