d ~ W.l" 4~ T~Y~4 ~ ,.<~'0? 1~f. .l'lm ,T y.ý PAGE 34, WETBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1989 Kidney dialysis at Oshawa General A new six-station kidney dialysis service will be established at Oshawa General Hospital with $2.5-million in funding from the Ministry of Health. The announcement was made recently by Healthy Minister Elinor Caplan and Allan Furlong, MPP for Durham Centre. The service will consist of a five-station hemodialysis unit and one station for intermittent peritoneal dialysis. It is designed to serve patients from the districts of Durham, Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge. Dialysis cleanses impurities from the blood of patients with kidney failure. The $2,514,400 in funding consists of $1,537,200 for annual operating costs and $977,200 for equipment. The division of nephrology at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto will assist staff at Oshawa General Hospital to put the new series into operation in about nine months. The six stations for Oshawa are part of the $23-million, 75-station orogram to exnand Site passes tests Results of preliminary drilling at the Durham contingency land- fil site show everything is okay and engineers are now preparing for phase 11. The engineering consulting firm of If.M. Dil on Ltd. said that the site, which was initially identified through an analysis of secondary source data, showed that the site has an underlying glacial till formation which would facilitate a leachate and ground water protection. To confirm their findings, 28 boreholes were drilled at 15 loca- tions. A dense, low permeable soil is covered by a la er of more permeable soil whi , at this stage of testing renders the site suitable for lan1iil1 development. Phase 11, which will mvolve more extensive drilling of the site and surrounding areas, and examination of groundwater con- ditions, is expected to begin shortly. treatment tacilities for kidney diseases announced by the minister in June. Treatment of kidney disease is one of several specialty care areas identified by the ministry, on which it is concentrating its resources. Under the expansion program, the ministry recognized the priority of need for dialysis service east of Metro To1 onto. Locating the new service at Oshawa General Hospital was supported by the two district health councils in the area -- Durham Region DHC and the Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC -- and by the Kidney Foundation. The new service at Oshawa will reduce the need for dialysis patients to travel to downtown ! LESS ENERGY IS CONSUMED MANUFACTURING NEW PAPER FROM WASTE PAPER THAN FROM TREES. ................ Toronto. "It will provide treatment closer to home, which is a fundamental principle of the new directions in health care service in Ontario," Caplan said.* Oshawa General, a referral hospital for Durham Region, provides acute and long-term services. It has well-established regional clinical services in genetic, laboratory medicine and diagnostic imaging. Services provided by Information Whitby Information Whitby exists to serve all persons requiring information on, or referral to, services and organizations in Whitby and the surrounding area. Information and referral is provided free of charge either over the telephone or in person to those who drop into the centre. The service is a one-stop source of information on local social and health services, local government services, educational, cultural and recreational organizations and more. For added convenience Information Whitby also publishes a community services directory. Material from files is accumulated into more than 20C pages of valuable information to senior citizens, parents, businesses, educators and other professionals living and working in the community. The next directory will be available for distribution in January. Information Whitby's hours are Monday to Thursday, 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information, drop into the centre at 405 Dundas St. W., Whitby (in the lobby of the Whitby Public Library) or cail 668-0552. New home sales go up in October New home sales totalled 1,103 in October, up 19 per cent from the 927 sales recorded in Sep- tember, according to the Toronto Home Builders'Association. In addition, 248 new homes were sold by Toronto builders in areas outside the association's The rapidly evolving require- ments of tedays consumers and investors will have a decidin impact on the development and usgage of Canada's real estate into the 21st century, believes George J. Cormack, president and chief executive officer, Royal LePage Limited. Cormack points out that new demands by a host of domestic and international forces are reshaping the Canadian real estate marketplace. This, in turn, is chalienging the in- genuity and adaptability of today's builders, brokers and consultants. "The kind of marketplace we occuP i the year 2000 will lary be the roduct of how we respond to challenges and oppor- tunities in the decade ahead,» says Cormack a featured author in the 1990 IjYal LePage mar- ket survey. The surveyr released today, is a comprehensive analy- sis and forecast of residential and commercial real estate mar- kets in Canada. Cormack notes that the chal- lengin demographie makeup of the Canadien population will have one of the greatest impacts on the Canadian real estate mar- ket over the next decade. "The agin baby boom gener- ation, coupied with declining family size, additional "empty nesters," and growinq concerns about affordabiiity wiil have a strong influence on housing con- struction over the next 10 to 20 years," says Cormack. To address these concerns, and cope with the escalating cost of construction, developers will turn to building smaller and more innovative dwellings. Two bedroom, 900 - 1,200 sq. ft. homes, multiple dwellings on a racking area. "For the past three months we have seen steady increases in sales. I believe this resurgence sign als that consumer con- fidence, eroded earlier this year by uncertainty due to high inter- est rates and tax hikes contained single lot, and cube homes, now gaining acceptance in some uropean cities, will become more prevalent as we near the 21st century. Additionally, Roal LePage research indicates that condominiums will become the preferred accommodation for a growing number of older home- owners as well as for first-time burs. ealth care facilities and alternate accomodation for an aging population, may represent the singe largest growth oppor- tunity in the land development sector during the next decade, reports Cormack. He adds that Canadas more liberal immig- ration policies also offer develo- pers exciting growth opportuni- ties. Cormack forecasts that the glo- bal marketplace of the 1990s also will be characterized by a grow- ing level of awareness for the environment, a preference for durable, high quality materials such as marble and wood, and a concern for preserving historie structures. He adds that technological advancements have the ability of further decentralizing our econo- mie activities, thereby facilitat- inu the creation of multiple sub- ur an business and residential nodes. As well, buildings within those centres will become "smar- ter." Royal LePage is Canada's lead- ing diversified real estate ser- vices organization, with approxi- matel 10,000 employees in more than 6O residential, commercial andprofessional services offices in Canada, the United States and overseas. North American real estate investment services also are provided to overseas clients through affiliate relation- ships. in the provincial and federal budgets, has returned," said association resident Frank Giannone, in his monthly report on sales activity in the Toronto region. "There is also mountin gcon- cern that the prçposed féderal goods and services tax will in- crease the cost of home owner- ship in the Metro area, and prudent purchasers are jumping in now to make sure the tax, to be implemented January 1, 1991, will not affect them," he said. "Costs will continue to rise in the Metro area." Giannone said a number of new projects were introduced to the marketplace in October. "Add those to the dozens of projects that opened in Septem- er and consumers now have and even greater variety of new home types to choose from," he said. Housing Data Report, pre- pared by Brethour Research Associates for the assoociation, stated that October sales con- sisted of 694 freehold homes and 409 condominium homes. The month-over-month increase was 25 per cent for freehold and 11 per cent for condominium. The West region led in free- hold sales with 276, followed by North 260, East 139 and Central 19. Mississauga set the pace in the West region with 134 sales, fol- lowed by Brampton with 63. Oshawa led the East region with 42 sales, followed by Pickering with 41 and Whitby with 37. Richmond Hill topped all North locations with 150 sales, followed by Newmarket with 40 sales. In the Central region, Scarboro and Etobicoke recorded 12 and six sales respectively. The Central region led in con- dominium sales with 223, fol- HEACH lowed by West 96, NortIf 69 and East 21. Scarboro topped all loca- tions with 127 sales, followed -y Toronto (60), Bram ton (45, Mississauga (41), Newmarket (30) andThornhill (26). Housing Data Report compiled sales figures reported by Toronto builders in areas outside the THBA's tracking area. The 248 sales were distributed as follows (more than one sale): Barrie 128, Lindsay 32, Peterboro 20, Coboug 19, Bolton 19, Fergus 13, Georgetown 7, Stoney Creek 5, Port Hope 2. The Toronto Home Buildérs' Association was established in 1921 and has more than 885 member companies representing builders/renovators/developers, financial, professional, supply/ service and sub-sontractors and is the largest affiliate of the Ontario and Canadian Home Builders'Associations. OUT New demands are reshaping marketplace THE ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT here at the Free Press can help you create the imaginative and effective ___ advertisement you need to enhance your business! Call 668o6112 for free consultation