The Week of March 5 to 11, 2000

Sunday March 5, 2000 Yesterday around ten-thirty this pictures shows the line up at an ESSO automatic car wash on 20th Street in Saskatoon. Over a block of dirty cars and patient owners.

The Big Question for Saskatchewan Health Care: Underfunding or Mismanagement? Sunday March 5, 2000 Mario deSantis helps understand some of the confusion with so many health districts in the red and unrealistic manner used to administer the districts and the whole system.

Minister of Health Pat Atkinson: breaking the law and becoming a Magician Sunday March 5, 2000 Mario deSantis explains how the minister approves eleven budgets after they occured making the District Health Act a sham.

Monday March 6, 2000 There is a certain seemliness to this morning's Monday sky. Two solid layers of cloud over our heads and the temperature on the positive side of zero. From Alberta we hear that the RCMP works for oil companies and in Saskatchewan there has been deafening silence since the RCMP task force went to work on the Saskatoon investigations of the city police death squad alligations. Chile's dictator Pinochet is back home in Santiago, the Sandra Schmirler funeral is live on CBC Newsworld and CBC Radio 540 at 1:00 today.

The greatest challenge for Saskatchewan: Education and learning for our troubled children Monday March 6, 2000 The way to equality in a democratic society is education and Mario deSantis discusses the importance of this concept and foreshadows the horrific consequences if this challenge is not taken up.

Tuesday March 7, 2000 This picture was taken yesterday afternoon with heavy snow falling to the West and North it appeared as though we too would soon see snow but alas this did not happen. Instead the Wheat Pool has suspended trading on the stock exchange as it re-organises, todays news is filled with yet more discussion on health care. It is a topic that won't go away. We have published countless articles on the subject and today is no exception as Mario explains the "wellness model" issue and how home care is a dodge. This article and the Recplex March calendar will be published at 10:45 this morning so drop back then and check things out.

Calendar of Events for March Tuesday March 7, 2000 A light month of activities planned so we are sitting on the fence.

Minister of Health Pat Atkinson: "Wellness Model" is outside the Canada Health Act Tuesday March 7, 2000 Get patients out of hospital and into home care and the cost is shifted from medicare to the patient.

The highest priority to cure health care: stop mismanaging it! Wednesday March 8, 2000 Mario deSantis has complained extensively about the condition of the Saskatchewan and Canadian health care situation, this morning's article draws some important conclusions and underlines the basic principles that we all need to be reminded of, but he also tells us the solution.

The Price is Right! Wednesday March 8, 2000 This morning we consider the price of gasoline and speculate about its future.

High School Desktop Publishing Class Projects Thursday March 9, 2000 Here are four projects from a desktop publishing class in Kamloops.

Ramblers Win 1st Game 5 - 3 Thursday March 9, 2000 The first game of the Pasquia Senior Hockey League final best of seven series got underway last night as the Ramblers took the first game 5 - 3. Here is Jordan Spagrud trying to get one by Kinistino goalie T.J. Lasuik.

ESSO Goes Way Up Friday March 10, 2000 Only ESSO so far has changed gas prices in Tisdale Thursday when it met the Regina price of 72.9 (that would be more then $3.00 a gallon). All other outlets remain at the same level as reported earlier this week. It is interesting to note that the price in Kamloops B. C. varies from 62.9 to 68.9. Picture above taken Thursday at 7:00 PM.

A Partial Diagnosis of Health Care Corruption: The Quality Circle of the Big Brains Includes our Renown Health Economists Friday March 10, 2000 Mario deSantis points out that he is not the only one to identify the economists and healthcare advisors as the culprits in causing the destruction of the Medicare system.

Saturday March 11, 2000 This is how Tisdale's main street looked at 9:30 this morning, lots of sunlight and a bit chilly in the shadows. Today Ensign will be posting a new concept in marketing, road asalt and Mario's concerns about the North East Health District, these will appear this morning around 11:45 thanks for dropping by this morning.

A"Salt" Victim Saturday March 11, 2000 Northern highways are loaded up with salt and this article discusses some concerns about this practice.

North East Health District: the closure of Carrot River Hospital and Telehealth Saturday March 11, 2000 Ironic situation of the district's support of the high cost remote technology project telehealth while closing the Carrot River hospital even with the closing the district is expecting to go in the hole three quarters of a million this year.

Beeland Co-op Goes Online Saturday March 11, 2000 Taking the next step the Co-op has placed their weekly Sale advertising material on a web site that lets the customer use their computer to display this week's specials.