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RE/MAX CORNWALL REALTY INC.

REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE • INDEPENDENTLY OWNED & OPERATED

649 Second St. East, Cornwall ON Office: 613 938-8100 www.REMAX-CORNWALL.ca

Here is your chance to own a completely finished condo located in Cornwall’s newest condo development. Gleaming hardwood and ceramic floors, walk-in closet and ensuite to master bedroom, media/den/office room with built-in Murphy bed. Underground parking, and insuite laundry facilities. OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS! 710 COTTONMILL ST.

Cornwall • $224,500

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Photo Greg Kielec

Cornwall ophthalmologist Christine Suess watches intently as local MPP Jim Mc- Donell speaks with Dr. Garrett Foley, president of the Cornwall Academy of Medicine during a town hall meeting to discuss provincial health care cuts at Chateau Cornwall last Tuesday evening. Doctors sound alarm over health-care cuts

Desirable downtown location, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, underground parking and storage, elevator, security building. Across from Lamoureux park. AFFORDABLE CONDO! 121 WATER ST. W.

Cornwall • $160,000

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to April 1 this year and they urged people attending the town hall to take action by signing a petition and emailing postcards protesting the cuts. One of the big bones of contention dis- cussed at the town hall was a new rule – a kind of Catch-22 --dictating that doctors cannot order tests for patients unless they can guarantee “a positive outcome,” said Cook. The rule has created a chill among doc- tors who fear if they will not get paid by the province if they do not get a “positive out- come” when they send a patient for a test, he said.

Cornwall • $199,900

Cornwall • $179,000

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GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca

About $1.1 billion in provincial health spending cuts will result in longer waits for people needing medical tests, accord- ing to Cornwall Community Hospital’s chief radiologist. “I am here to tell you: ‘Yes, you are going to be affected,” warned Dr. Tasso Boubalos warned more than 100 people attending a town hall meeting on health care at Cha- teau Cornwall last Tues- day. In the past six years, the province has managed to pare down diagnostic wait times which used to be measured in months to just two weeks, Bou- balos said. With the cuts imposed by the province, wait times will again increase, he said. “Pretty soon, the two-week waiting list is not going to be two weeks anymore – it’s going to be what it was six years ago,” warned Boubalos , whose department faces a 10 per cent cut in “overhead” expenses in light of an overall 14 per cent budget cut at Cornwall Community Hospital. The town hall panel featured a long list of prominent Cornwall doctors: Ophthalmolo- gist Dr. Christine Suess, Cornwall Academy of Medicine president Dr. Garrett Foley, CCH chief of staff Dr. Ashley Cook, cardiologist Dr. Thomas Baitz and general practictioner Dr. Ronald Tremblay. They all warned that their professions will hurt by the $1.1 billion in cuts imposed by the Ontario Liberal government retroactive

Center town location, large brick, 2+1-bedroom bungalow, with main floor familly room. Fully finished rec. room, forced air gas, wood and electric. Many renovations. A must see! 118 5th ST. W.

Extra large 3-bedroom with in-law suite. All above-ground, no basement. Large yard, lots of parking. Gas heat and 200 AMP. Attached garage. A must see ! 420 PATRICK • BRING US AN OFFER!

Robert (Bob) Denis Sales representative Dir 613 551-2323

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“I am here to tell you: ‘Yes, you are going to be affected.’”

Suess said the cuts – one test for which she previ- ously received $150 has been slashed to a mere $12.50 -- mean she will not be able to recruit a much- needed third ophthalmol- ogist for Cornwall. She also revealed the province has

Bernadette Atchison Sales representative Dir 613 551-7579

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Cornwall • $235,000

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In great neighbourhood. Eat- in kitchen with garden doors to private deck, formal living/ dining room, main floor family room. 3 bedrooms. Finished basement with 3-piece (shower). New roof shingles. Recent gas furnace and central A/C. Well maintained so you can enjoy family living.

capped the number of cataract surgeries in Cornwall at 1,300, about 300 fewer than it previously funded. “I think we can save money to save our health-care system … but do you think I want to tell them now?” she questioned the audience. Baitz, in a feisty address during which he compared the province’s actions to com- munist governments of old, complained that“left-wing propaganda”from the media has painted doctors as “a bloated bunch of money-hungry people.” He argued spending on doctors is not out of line with the rest of the provincial bud- get.

Anne MacDonald Broker Dir 613 525-1130

Cornwall • $304,900

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Cornwall • $184,900

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Ready for move-in ready? Then this is the home for you! It’s got 4 bedrooms, large L-shaped living/ dining, huge family room and great basement which has just been refinished, it’s suited to great family living and entertaining. 1620 GRANT AVE., CORNWALL

This listing gives you so much for the price. It has four finished levels, lots of hardwood and ceramic floors, a garage and rear deck with awning. You’ll fall in love so hurry before someone else does! 108 HEMLOCK CRES.

Jacques Perreault Broker Dir 613 551-1793

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