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ONLY AT Now on Tuesday Rosemount Technology Centre News 3737 Beaubien East, Mtl. 514.271.8306 Le seul journal de Parc-Extension The only paper in Park-Extension [email protected] Tel.: 514.376.4725 ServingDepuis 1993 Parc-Extension SinceSince 1993 1993 www.rosemount-technology.qc.ca Vol. 17 • No. 14 • 14 Juillet / July 14, 2009 • Tel.: (514) 272-0254 • Fax: (450) 687-6330 • E-mail: [email protected] Health Minister Bolduc, MNA Sklavounos unveil new CT scanner $4 million of new technology at Jean Talon Hospital includes MRI SEE STORY PAGE 2 Quebec Liberal Health Minister Yves Bolduc, far left, is joined by CSSS du Coeur-de-l’Île Jean-Paul Cadieux, Lauri- er-Dorion Liberal MNA Gerry Sklavounos and CSSS director- general Manon Boily in launching the new CT scanner at Jean Talon Hospital last week. PHOTO: Martin C. Barry • NPEN Bonnes Vacances de retour le 11 août Have a safe vacation!. 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Minister Health Minister Call 1-800-705-0059 or Yves Bolduc and Laurier- www.lakegeorgechamber.com/CA Take in the Dorion Liberal MNA Gerry for complete details and downloadable list of current discount offers Sklavounos dropped by Jean many free concerts Talon Hospital last week for and enjoy the the unveiling of a new $1.2 fireworks! million CT scan machine paid for by the provincial govern- Summer memories ment. in Lake George NY. On the cutting edge Easy to reach & hard to forget “Today’s medical experts must be able to count on equipment that is cutting- edge, especially in the field ième of medical imaging,” said ANNUEL DE Bolduc who is himself a medi- ‘Today’s medical experts 7 PIQUE-NIQUE cal doctor. The latest genera- must be able to count on tion CT scanner replaces an equipment that is cutting- MARY DEROS older model the hospital had edge’ – Quebec Health Minis- been using which had reached ter Yves Bolduc th the end of its usefulness. CT PHOTO: Martin C. Barry • NPEN scanners take highly precise 7 ANNUAL PICNIC Mary Deros x-ray images of the body or Conseillère municipale de Parc Extension parts of it by dividing the Municipal Councillor of Park Extension images into slices. The new machine at the hospital will allow doctors to conduct medical examinations more thoroughly and will also make CT scans more widely available. Jean Talon Hospital expects to get a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine worth $2.8 million around this time next year. It should also greatly improve the doctors’ ability to diagnose medical problems by accurately visu- alizing the internal structure and function of the body. Boosting efficiency “Our old equipment forced us to send a certain number of cases elsewhere,” said Jean-Paul Cadieux, president of CSSS du Coeur- de-l’Île, the local health and social services agency which oversees the hospital. “From now on we’ll be able to deal with them here.” With the old CT scanner, the hospital was able to deal with about Samedi / Saturday 300 patients per year. The new one will raise that number of 2,000. As Jean Talon Hospital is one of two designated trauma treat- 8 Août /August, 2009 ment centres in the Montreal region, the addition of the new CT scanner is important, said Sklavounos. The hospital has also 12:00 - 18:00 gained a reputation as a regional centre for arthroplasty, involv- ing the replacement of defective hips and knees. “Jean Talon PARC HOWARD Hospital, which is part of the CSSS du Coeur-de-l’Île, plays an (Coin/corner of Liege O. & Querbes) essential role in this part of the metropolis,” he said. Attract new doctors “With this new equipment, the medical team will be able to con- Activités pour les enfants tribute even more to the quality and accessibility to specialized medical services offered to the population of Villeray and Petite- Children’s activities Patrie, as well as to other sectors of Montreal and the neigh- Nourriture et Activités et danses culturelles, jeux, dessins au Hen- bouring regions. This is going to allow the hospital to continue né, peinture sur visage, prix de participation, jeux its good work and to attract good professionals because they’re rafraîchissements d’eau, soccer et bien plus encore…. going to be equipped with the latest technology.” Cultural dances and activities, games, henna design, Answering journalists’ questions on other issues afterwards, Gratuits face painting, participation prizes, water games, Bolduc was asked about an e-mail sent from his office to hospitals soccer, and much, much more……. across the province, instructing them to refer all media inqui- free food & ries about the cancer testing controversy that has broken out in Commanditaire Média Sponsor Commanditaires• Sponsors Quebec back to the health minister’s office. Bolduc denied he was refreshments Nouvelles showing a lack of transparency. “We want the information to be PARC-EXTENSION the same for everyone,” he said. News Serving Parc-Extension Since 1993 Cancer controversy “We don’t want hospitals giving out information differently. And we think that for the population to have good information we have to have standardization. We this is something we have to do so that people will be getting good information … We want everyone to have the information at the same time. It is impor- tant for the population to get the right information at the right moment.” 2 • Nouvelles Parc-Extension News • www.px-news.com • 14 juillet/July 14, 2009 Quebec housing market on the rebound (CNW) A sharp resurgence in resale Calgary 35.1 per cent. activity in Quebec this past spring reflects The report also looked at mortgage a homeownership market that is more carrying costs relative to incomes for a accessible than has generally been the broader sampling of cities across the coun- case in the province since the mid-1980s, try, including Montreal and Quebec City. according to the housing report released For these cities, RBC has used a narrow- today by RBC Economics. er measure of housing affordability that “Quebec was one of the last housing only takes mortgage payments relative to markets in Canada to be affected by the income into account. general slump, but prices barely missed a The property benchmark for the beat,” noted Robert Hogue, senior econo- Housing Affordability measure, which mist at RBC. “Housing affordability is RBC has compiled since 1985, is based on recovering very quickly in Quebec, due to the costs of owning a detached bungalow. its relatively good standing at the outset of Alternative housing types are also present- the downturn.” ed including a standard two-storey home, The RBC Affordability measure for a standard townhouse and a standard Quebec, which captures the proportion condo. The higher the reading, the more of pre-tax household income needed costly it is to afford a home. For example, some balance into the market. 2008. Much of this resurgence in the to service the costs of owning a home, an Affordability reading of 50 per cent - Manitoba: Supported by relatively province is due to greater affordability, improved across all four housing classes means that homeownership costs, includ- favourable affordability rates, Manitoba’s with homeownership costs for detached in the first quarter of 2009. Affordability of ing mortgage payments, utilities and prop- market continues to be among the most bungalows and condominiums dropping the benchmark detached bungalow moved erty taxes, take up 50 per cent of a typical resilient in the country. A relatively robust below long-term averages. to 32.3 per cent, the standard townhouse household’s monthly pre-tax income.