TORONTO STAR JAN 23 2013 'Board' approved payments; 3 ORNGE execs signed off on five-star hotels, ski trips, other lavish expenses rung up by founder Chris Mazza Beltzner. Renzella. Beecher. Those are the three former ORNGE officials who approved the payments that funded Dr. Chris Mazza's lavish lif...

WHAT WAS PUPATELLO’S ROLE IN ORNGE? QUEEN”S PARK – Despite her insistence that she was not involved in the scandals that ran rampant in the McGuinty government, Liberal leadership hopeful Sandra Pupatello needs to clarify her involvement with AgustaWestland, the company that sold Ornge 12 AW139 heli...

Yep. All dem folks over dere git them real fancy embee-eh things. They real smart, so ere sure to catch yer tyop. You want an embee-eh two? Git too orgne.

The issue with the Ornge AW interior is that they were designed by an ego. AKA His Majesty Chris Mazza the rightly outsted very ex-CEO of Ornge. Take out the custom-designed abomination down the middle and you can nearly park a car in there. Go to the Ornge web site, look for the 2010 annual report,...

FYI, testimony transcripts of the committee grilling the Ornge issue are on the Ontario Leg site. Takes about a week for the last one to appear; as of today only up to May 2 is available. http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/committee-proceedings/committee_transcripts_current.do?ParlCommID=8961&locale=en Oh, ...

Quotes of the Day From folks at the government's 'standing committee on public accounts' looking into Ornge: (1) Kelly Long said she found out about Mazza's salary web everybody else did. NDP France Gelinas quips:"you read the papers?" :wink: (2) Former health minister David Caplan testified "I Bel...

MPP wants to know who's at fault in air ambulance fiasco By Nick Lypaczewski, St. Thomas Times-Journal Jeff Yurek, Elgin-Middlesex-London PC MPP and deputy finance critic, says what Ornge has done with taxpayer dollars is a crime. Literally. He is calling it embezzlement.    :lol: But Yurk also woul...

Provincial News: Only a Select Committee Can Peel Back The Truth: Wilson Published on Apr 27, 2012 - 07:52 AM QUEEN’S PARK – Following weeks of testimony at the Public Accounts Committee into the scandal-tainted agency, Ornge, only a Select Committee will empower all MPPs to get to the bottom of the...

ORNGE: Proposed bill would block ombudsman oversight April 27, 2012 Rob Ferguson New legislation to rein in ORNGE would block Ontario’s ombudsman from using his watchdog powers over the scandal-plagued air ambulance agency, the Star has learned. :cry: :cry: The minority Liberal government’s propose...

"The committee has asked Speaker Dave Levac to issue a warrant for Mazza, who was replaced in January along with Ornge's entire board of directors, to appear on May 16."

http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/109315 ... rong-apps/

To the People of Ontario April 19, 2012 Thank you for your business and your trust. Some of you may know that Canadian Helicopters has been the provider of helicopter Emergency Medical Services to the Province of Ontario. Many may not know we have done so uninterrupted since the inception of the pro...

Auditor General’s initial report on ORNGE ‘misleading,’ lawyer charges A lawyer involved in many of ORNGE’s dealings says the provincial auditor’s initial report into the air ambulance service was “misleading” and that the government was fully briefed on the organization’s finances. Alfred Apps, fo...

http://www.opseu.org/notices/orngeline/index.htm

Ornge did nothing wrong with private companies AG's report full of ... Canadian Press April 18, 2012 TORONTO - A former Liberal party president is defending his role as a lawyer to Ontario's troubled air ambulance service, which is under a criminal probe for financial "irregularities." Alfred Apps ...

Found a reference to the Ornge Issuer Trust debenture on line --- the bond pays out until July 2034!!! Those 22 years from now to 2034 equates to over $485 million. Add to that the interest only payment made in 2011 and we're looking at the raping of taxpayers for more than $500 million. That is jus...

ORNGE investors will collect $22M a year from taxpayers March 11, 2012 Kevin Donovan Investors in ORNGE air ambulance will soon be raking in $22 million a year with Ontario taxpayers footing the bill. It’s all part of a payment schedule set in motion in December 2009, when former president Dr. Chris...

the Star story has been updated to add: ... auditors “have reason to believe a criminal offence has occurred” a police spokesperson said. Acting Inspector Cathy Bell said the force's Criminal Investigation Bureau will lead the probe. Based out of Orillia, the CIB handles major cases. “We are conduct...

Thank goodness then for the Wayback Machine ... http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

Starting to look good !! Karen Howlett Globe and Mail Update Published Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 11:45AM EST Last updated Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 1:04PM EST Police have launched a criminal probe into Ontario's air ambulance service, according to media reports. The Ontario Provincial Police swooped in...

North Shore .. On Jan 30th you said you'd like to know Ornge's mission statement. Well, using the Wayback machine here's the vision, mission and value statements from Ornge's Feb 2007 web site: Ornge Vision - Propelling life with innovation. Ornge Mission - Patient care with innovative transport med...