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And why not just ask a few If our neighbour on the other supervisors what they actually do in side ofthe road has an emergency What really hurts ecently Premier Dalton deuui a day He might be surprised to my opinion one does not say this R2; has stated that he might be Is not otir responsibility. ’ irvskleringllalton Days as a Clyde (Illmour According to newspatx-r reports Idon't mean to be an alarmist. but we're dealing With an cpi method oftutu'ngtxxk . li’u/erloo Waterltxi did not send a [nick or demic today that Ls more virulent than any new flu strain After the $1 billion e-Health crew until 5 am. or about an hour i'm talking about a culture of unhealthy lifestyle patterns as J boondoggle and (lit: scam he feels after the 911 call. The Waterloo star we forge ahead through our harried workday. oveisnessed, the need to get the focus offliis when? was mUtual tion is lust ti km away on ( 'olunibta inactive. and making poor food choices along the way, result incompetent ministry. So now it is ald In Wilmot fire? Street. mg in compromised immune systems .7 the main detriment time to take the assault to the civil lt was remarkable response by of any individual's susceptibility to the cold and flu. service. tisiny understandingthat when the Baden and New Dundee depart- “(We‘re told). here's your flu shot. keep doing what you‘re Taxpayer's remember Mike llarr It)! I emergency services were start meuts who responded from their doing. That doesn't sit well with me,” said Dr. Anne .\l.trll‘ Min ris's Common Sense Revolution ed it was to beone numlx-rtocall homes to the station and were at the giardi. a member of the Complementary Medicine \‘cction of which was intended to cut out gov for response hum police. tin-mid scene in about 20 minutes. the Ontario Medical Association, “If we ‘keep doing what we‘re ernment duplication but ended up (HilbuliulCL‘pl'Ntllllt‘l. doing,’ while seeing trends of increasing asthma rates in t‘llll' slashing the front lines. in the recent tragedy on Wilmot Gerald Fisch dren and increasing rates of cancer. then ‘whai we're doing' We all know that fat rises to the [me only police responded from M‘bterloo isnt good enough. 1 top and there's plenty ofit in [Hair New Hamburg and firemen were Dr. Mingiardi. a fellow parent at my daughter's Waterloo agement in every department. “is" not alerted until some 23 minutes school. struck tip a conversation with me this past Week about , torically management doesn't slash later. , _ the H] Ni flu shot. her vision for public health and the need to ' management positions because of Police out of New l iambiti‘g 18mm 2 address nutritional deficiencies in our population, " Hit-re are the cover thy butt theory so it is understandably took 30 minutes . j «w .:;,.<.,s * some simple measures we can take to ‘ most often that front line workers after being dispatched to arrive. A i mmmhmvmm bUild OUI’S, and our children‘s. ‘ . i i get the squeeze. response from police from \‘V'aierloo “in ”mum immune 53’5“?er “aid “’- 5‘lillf4lilrdl- i ‘\ [A RSI [All ‘ I llavtng worked for the govern should have been able to respond to “no. addre”. “‘3‘“ . who. with a holistic perspective. is \Rls ment for almost thirty years i wttr the address in about a third of the “When ., . ° Tr ”’1 \ a strong proponent of nutritional and I ° nessed the brow-beating of front time as Wilmot 1 me is next to the Names "m ”at“ W environmental medicine. , 3. ° 4 line workers in the social services latirelwood subdivision It‘s much M mmwwfiw' “(Supplements “kw Vildml” ” K i i} ' ‘ { field while so many management closer than New Hamburg , dense ormmmmib' something we can take, it's involved in . j i personnel did very close to nothing, this was the purpose of unifying bmu’orlggl W something like 400 metabolic process 1 . i i There is just so much fltilfthat the police service about .iU years mayhem “‘2‘”? es, and it has great immune function. i it? y I i could be removed in management ago. It was done at great cost to 886‘9383 038'» m - I. “l- We've seen trends that Vitamin I) IN" i Q ‘ ‘ with very little negative effect to improve efficiency alwamflmh . . t “w els drop slowly over the course of a - ‘ public services Doesn‘t the centrali/ed regional mall 0"““V’PG'KWWM (‘anadian winter. and thuse deficien- J So instead ofdouhle (is. l rec» 91 l dispatchers hav e the latest tech Chm mwxnfiw cies may influence our ability to fight 4 ommend McGuinty consider a totir nology in front oftlieni showing the {flammm 7’ of‘finfection. ' V of his government's front lines so he nearest fire stations in this case ' ° 7' ‘ “ liven the Canadian Paediatric I MARSHALL Society has come along to say 1000 [U . WARD ‘ a day for children. in the winter “\J . If . months, is a good idea ~ and I think they're right on, and An eye- Openlng g0 excurSlon that's something we should be doing with otir kids. "The other thing would be probiotics,” said Dr. Mingiardi. "l letwagn)upt)flnlmpld adventurershaw last year we were here duringthe presidential just read an article that states how we are just beginning to Steeled themselves for an epic joumey, election and spent a lot oftime asking residents their understand the colonization of our bodies, botli on the outside Fight of us are on the mad for the fifth annual thoughts. and inside. through our intestinal tract. 'llie naturopaths have Myrtle Beach Madness event Now of course the us is deeply mired in a debate it right. it's about our intestinal flora, and if it's balanced. then We keep telling our spouses it's not about the golf over health care and we've been busy lobbing qucS- we have a better immune system â€" it's the defence layer." (mostly because we're not very good at it). 7 tions on those tOpiCs. Dr. Mingiardi says that as a society. we need to look at why The golfis simplyaconduit fortlic Kufi °7v°7~° '7 We ran into one woman who makes we're in the situation we're in as the MINI flu circulates camaraderie and the context around a ‘ I)! I ( ‘ l .‘ ( )1 ‘ $2 an hour as a waitress â€" $2!!! through our community. “The food industry is not otir friend.” long list of legendary stories with Which i ‘ ’ . 1 She has a teenage son with asthma she said. “There are a lot of antibiotics in commercially raised we will bore our friends for years to come. B() l I “KI and can't afford medical coverage. animals who often live in pathetic conditions. Antibiotic resistr i won't pretend the game is a t i 5h? says if she and her family do run ance can be conveyed to humans through the consumption of metaphor forlife itself, intoaserious medical emergency they meat, and there has been research done on children who bad But the trip has created a lot ofnew . 7“ . will go to a hospital and then declare resistance to an antibiotic â€" children who had never been friendships, cemented some old ones and ‘ ,-§.-° 1 bankruptt‘ywhcn the bill (‘Omcs in. prescribed antibiotics â€" and the study postulated that it was even created business opponunities for ‘7. She says there just isn't any other because of meat (consumptioan members. -. ‘V . . Way 1 agree that the way we look at food. and where we buy it, After travelling with Itipeople last 1 ”A; 1 ()n the other side ofthe coin we met needs to change if we are to become a healthier society And year. the group was cut in halfthistime I. " 3; another couple who said “We can Dr. Mingiardi walks the talk: “Our area is so rich in food around, I g . afford coverage, [Everyone else can take resources, locally. that we could all be on the lottMile Diet. logistically trying to move 16 middle ‘ a care oftheniselves." But for some reason. our local grocery stores carry meat that's aged men around is an awful lot like .. n Somewhere between those two been trucked {as far as) 3,000 km. When i go to the market. | herding dust bunnies. BRIAN 1 extremes. there must be some middle talk to the people who are selling meat, and \isit open houses A smaller group makes for much bet- BOURKE ground. to see how they are naturally raising their food." ter conversations. ‘ But no one here seems to be able to As Dr, Mingiardi suggests. these are simple measures we all You would be surprised how easily we L ~ 7 7 . ~/ ~ 7, - . find it. can take to build our and our children's immune systems. solve many ofthe worlds problems during these well-lubricated chats. The United Nations could learn something from us, W We are also lucky that the people in our group are Brian Bourke. a member ofrhe [05.3 K001. PM Marshall Ward is (1 visits! artist and flllll'pt‘lldt’llIfllllllllakf’r. all well-infomed and inquisitive. morning crew. can be reached hyemail at Email is welcome at marshal!“wanlél“liorninil.com. '