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Tremblant March 25 2007, a day of skiing with the NTSC gang.

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Skiing on ice in Tremblant, Quebec, Canada …. on June 20, 2009 — 300lbs of crushed ice … 2 days to make the ice or snow or ice or whatever was being skied on … on a bed of cotton … something …

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Tremblant snow report brought to you by www.tremblant-insider.com

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skiing in the tremblant park

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marie ski tremblant

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I decided to film the whole run with my digital camera in movie mode, to show my friend who could not ski to see what it was like, a virtual experience? lol

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Did the fact that Canada has a socialist, government-run healthcare system –similar to the kind that President Obama wants to ram down the throats of Americans– kill acclaimed actress Natasha Richardson?

The short answer is yes, it may very well have done so.

Regarding the case of the actress who fell on a ski slope at Mont Tremblant resort in Quebec, AP reports:

As a steady stream of celebrities pay their last respects to Natasha Richardson, questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress.

The province of Quebec lacks a medical helicopter system, common in the United States and other parts of Canada, to airlift stricken patients to major trauma centers. Montreal’s top head trauma doctor said Friday that may have played a role in Richardson’s death.

"It’s impossible for me to comment specifically about her case, but what I could say is … driving to Mont Tremblant from the city (Montreal) is a 2 1/2-hour trip, and the closest trauma center is in the city. Our system isn’t set up for traumas and doesn’t match what’s available in other Canadian cities, let alone in the States," said Tarek Razek, director of trauma services for the McGill University Health Centre, which represents six of Montreal’s hospitals.

That’s it in a nutshell. Socialized medicine, known by the euphemism universal healthcare, is about tightfisted government clerks rationing care.

I agree that she might have lived and recovered if she had been treated in a more timely manner. My elderly father recently had a bad fall and I took him to an ER in a tiny hospital in rural Kentucky. He received prompt attention and was given a series of Xrays plus a CAT scan to rule out abdominal hemorrhage. I remember thinking that if he had been in Canada, he would have had to wait six months to get that CAT scan.

Canada suffers from an acute shortage of health care professionals because they can’t earn nearly the wages they can in the US. They either migrate to the US or they simply don’t enter the health care professions. Canadians have health care insurance and ready access to preventative or routine care. However, if a person has anything serious (i.e. "expensive"), it’s very difficult to get timely and/or comprehensive care. Every nation is Europe that has adopted a government-run health care system is going broke and rationing health care. It’s no coincidence that many patients come to the US and pay for treatments.

Freestyle ski and snowboard team competition.

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I know it’s a ski resort in winter. I’ve been there for an auto race in Summer, and the place was buzzin. But what’s it like on just an average summer day? I am going to be nearby, and wondered if it’s worth a visit, or will it be a ghost-town?
Thanks

I’ve been there in the winter and Its beautiful, all the people in the community told me that its gorgeous in the summer! I hope to go there soon.