economist suntribune health care thursday nov 28 2002 r f r rf f 9 sick resident panhandles for help on internet by lisa queen staff writer unemployed suffering from the debilitating effects of lyme diseaseand facing a 50000 stack of medical bills newmarkets jennifer glasser claims canadas ailing health care system has forced her to set up a website to panhan dle for donations finally i resorted to this which is something i didnt want to do but i did it to sur vive said the 24yearold woman who has raised 6500 in donations through her helpjennifercom website not everyone supports her campaign a lot of people tell me im immoral lazy stupid evil and a lot more you couldnt print she said but its the only way she can afford the treatment she needs to return to work as a production coordinator with a toronto television car toon company ms glasser is eagerly await ing todays release of the roy tr romanowreport on the future of health care in canada to see if the recommendations will help people like her by all accounts ms glasser will likely be pleased with the commissions suggestions over the last several days mr romanow has indicated he will call on ottawa to expand medicare to cover a much wider range of health care services the former saskatchewan premier has suggested he wants to see the canada health act amended so canadians have universal access to publicly funded drug plans and home care he is also lobbying the government to spend more on diagnostic equipment such as mris and ct scans to reduce the long waiting lists patients face privatization would be limited to nonmedical serv ices such as laundry and meal preparation ms glasser wants to see governments properly fund health care services davan intl ho 1 1 e 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 uptov o off suggested retail prices e 1 1 e 1 casual wear shoes samples sweater mens wear night dress kids wear ladies wear giftware christmas decorating items monday to friday 1030 am 700 pm saturday 830 am 600 pm sunday 1000 am 500 pm we accept cash only 166 bullock dr 3 ubu davanjntl r a bullock dr mjrkvillc mall highway 7 i b i i i b i i i a thurs nov 28 fri nov 29 sat nov 30 x sun dec 1 call for details l thurs night fever with dj bobby boggte skmracer l statmsmm the john k j charity matinee featuring s 1294010 the last call itit disiniiiiiiil driver j icorner of hwy7 and mccowan rd since ijfi tm pot roasts this is downhome cooking at its best ive told you before that when we go for dinner at doreens and this alone is a reason to go this is what she makes more often than not at our request doreen has perfected this recipe over the years and as usual well have it available to help you along what cut of meat do we use a boneless bladeeye roast enjoy it this week s hon doedvre our display of hor doeuvres is filling up fast we sell the range of thyme truffle products those from ann kaukonen a unionville local of considerable repute and our own sausage rolls this year with our own puff pastry our mini quiches and our mini tourtieres and meat balls so if youre having people over and youd rather play than work come and see us caramelweee in the cumberland m sausages these are a unique sausage from england we use mediumground fresh pork a bit of lemon and orange zest some cranberry and a julf 0 touch of port its a great dinner j t sausage jejow reg 399 lb bakery the last time we ran this feature we had a lineup at the bakery because it takes quite a while to make caramel and we had underestimated the excitement that homemade caramel causes but alas weve made some improvement in our cooking facilities and well retry this event caramelapple butter tarts an old favourite with a twist im warning you now that just one wont do caramelapple cheesecakes is a decadent cheesecake filled with spiced brandied apples and caramel and a caramel topping a bit of advice serve this cake just slightly warmer than room temperature 12 caramel milkchocolate sandwich cookies caramelapple scones these are scones taken to another level 129 ea this sc95 ea pkg- si 29 turtle cake made with layers of chocolate cake why not and pecan sponge cake filled with layers of caramel toasted pecans and chocolate ganache and drizzled g crtps with you guessed it caramel 14 20 ea all of our caramel items will be j this week arrangements our one comment we have received is that customers would like an arrangement that would just pop into an empty urn for a front step perk- up such an item has now arrived and they look great we have some urns and hanging baskets as well as boughs swags and wreaths theyre selling fast so get what you need now and just to let you know jaana and her illustrious crew have been making mini- gingerbread homes amazing lots of shortbread cookies gingerbread hearts mince meat tarts and tourtieres lots of them ourhuge poinsettias although we sell a good selection of colours in the usual 6 size the piecede resistance of our range is the very full 10 size theyre great room warmers 10 size cocktail kitchen news meat bails weve bought a new large very large oven for cooking our hams the great thing about this is that theyll be cooked at a very low temperature theyll be a bit more moist and succulent than has been possible using our current ovens and well be able to make honeybaked bonein hams for this christmas the boys are tied for first place weve got a few more tickets to pass out for the most exciting hockey in town what are you doing friday night we make great cocktail meat balls and this year youll have a further choice we made some guinness meat balls we gave these a test run a couple of weeks ago and the vote was unanimous theyre great especially the sauce that weve made for them look for these and our usual in our freezer section cyclamen not only do we have great poinsettias this week weve got some of the large oval pots of cyclamen a aa its a great ffllu easy-to-care- f i jf for plant sm p et something new for christmas this year well have a shipment of brome lake ducks from quebec these are as good as they come and well be smoking a few as well gift baskets if you are new to our store it wont take you long to realize that were in the basket business although ive never really counted them there must be thousands to choose from during the festive season we make them up with food goodies to fit any budget or taste including wine if youd like you can pick what youd like and well make it up as well or it can be boxed as you wish see robert or evan if you have a special request we offer good value british columbia a apples i have just returned from a food trip to bc and one thing of large note are the beautiful fuji apples they have and now we do too these are very large in size full of colour and crunch from british columbia this week its broccoli eat up your vegetables folks we have great broccoli this week at the easy to digest price of village gipieii t dilauty foods m specials in effect until closing sunday december f hours mon 1100700 tuesthurs 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