• October 7, 2012 - 60 Minutes - Sticker Shock: Why Are Glasses So Expensive?

  A number of you pointed this out. Luxottica/Lenscrafters seems to be a favourite of the investigative news programs both north and south of the border this year.

   

  If our American neighbours think prices are out of line at LensCrafters in the US, they're considerably higher here.

   

  CBS's 60 Minutes reports...

• June 28, 2012 - Google Unveils Digital Glasses

  Yesterday Google announced digital glasses at its annual developer conference in San Francisco. Skydivers jumped out of airships landing on the roof of San Francisco's Moscone Center while wearing the glasses to demonstrate that with these glasses users can interact at the same time with the real world. Google Glass is a stamp-sized electronic screen mounted on the side of a pair of eyeglass frames which can record video, access email and messages, and retrieve information from the Web. The glasses weigh less than sunglasses and contain the same technology found inside a smartphone, save for a cellular network radio.

  

• March 20, 2012 - Cost of Foldable IOLs now Covered by Manitoba Health

  The cost of foldable intraocular lenses for cataract surgery is now covered by Manitoba Health. Previously Manitoba Health only covered the cost of the older style rigid implants. Patients had to pay an additional cost of approximately $300 per implant for the foldable/soft lenses. Although the rigid lenses were perfectly fine, the foldable lenses hold many benefits.

   

  Click here for more information on cataracts and cataract surgery.

• February 25, 2012 - Marketplace Compares Online Glasses to LensCrafters

  CBC Marketplace purchased online and compared them with those from LensCrafters. The online glasses were hundreds of dollars cheaper even with a LensCrafters sale. That wasn't a surprise. The big surprise was that the online glasses were also better.

   

  To view the story and see what this really means to you click here.

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