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Finding those new jobs is like finding a life mate

Ian's City Scope wrote 2 months ago: A question for you: What is this city’s greatest export? Why, of course, shipping mayors off t … more →

Tags: Heritage, City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Mayor Cliff Barwick, Bob McCaig, Jeff Kohler, Serge Lavoie, municipal heritage committee, Mayor Heather Jackson

Skateboard park info session likely to open old wounds3 comments

Ian's City Scope wrote 3 months ago: A public information session will be held Wednesday at the Timken Centre to unveil plans for the thr … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Parks and Recreation, Bob McCaig, Bob Hammersley, HMCS Ojibwa, St. Thomas & District Chamber of Commerce, Skateboard Park, Jonas Park

A quotation for everything: the past year in review1 comment

Ian's City Scope wrote 4 months ago: It’s been a City Scope tradition to greet the incoming year by surveying the past 365 days to … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, 2010 municipal election, St. Thomas Police Service, Ald. David Warden, Ald. Lori Baldwin-Sands, Ald. Mark Cosens, Ald. Sam Yusuf

The meter keeps ticking to maintain the status quo

Ian's City Scope wrote 5 months ago: A supplementary item St. Thomas council will deal with Monday leaves the distinct impression we are … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, St. Thomas Police Service, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, Ald. Sam Yusuf, Mayor Heather Jackson, Ald. David Warden

Thank goodness they only lost some money

Ian's City Scope wrote 11 months ago: It seems like just yesterday that Ald. Gord Campbell made this observation regarding Ascent, formerl … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, St. Thomas Holding Inc., St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Chatham Kent, paul collins, Ald. Lori Baldwin-Sands

Health unit 'reverses and changes' will impact ratepayers, warns London developer

Ian's City Scope wrote 12 months ago: We opened up City Scope seven days ago by suggesting the ball was in the court of London developer S … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, economic sustainability, 2011 provincial election, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Shmuel Farhi, ontario disability support program, Elgin St. Thomas Public Health, Cynthia St. John

The full story, Elgin St. Thomas Public Health - as related in a Shmuel Farhi email

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: WITHOUT PREJUDICE London developer Shmuel Farhi’s accounts of the events leading up to a tenta … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Elgin County, Shmuel Farhi, Elgin St. Thomas Public Health, Cynthia St. John, Ald. Tom Johnston, Mayor Heather Jackson, Ald. David Warden

Hey, I was just trying to be helpful!

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: The Oopsie of the Week award winner is no contest as Ald. Sam Yusuf’s decision to forward a pe … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, Elgin County, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, paul collins, Allan Weatherall, Mayor Heather Jackson

Oh, that's the way we've always done things

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: It’s no longer business as usual at city hall, asserts Ald. Gord Campbell. “Or, this is the wa … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, 2011 provincial election, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, Bob McCaig, paul collins, Health Minister Deb Matthews, Wendell Graves

It's full steam ahead in spite of railway museum audit

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: Disturbing news emanating this week from the Elgin County Railway Museum hinting at possible financi … more →

Tags: Heritage, City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Alma College, Tourism, St. Thomas Police Service, Heritage Preservation, Elgin County Railway Museum, Jeff Kohler

Of camels and rich men and costly back-tracking1 comment

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: The cost of the proposed new police headquarters has nearly doubled over the past eight years becaus … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, Elgin County, Waste Management, St. Thomas Police Service, BFI Canada, Bob McCaig, Elgin St. Thomas Public Health

I have Googled, therefore I am . . . an expert1 comment

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: Wednesday’s special meeting of council to deal with the proposed new police headquarters provi … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Waste Management, St. Thomas Police Service, Green Lane Environmental Group, BFI Canada, Bob McCaig, Ald. Sam Yusuf

Putting transparency to the test at city open house1 comment

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: After decades of dawdling, similar in process to the consoldiated courthouse project finally underwa … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, Elgin County, Waste Management, 2010 municipal election, 2011 provincial election, St. Thomas Police Service, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital

A loss in the courtroom, a positive outcome at the polls

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: He was the central figure in one of the shabbiest chapters in this city’s political history. D … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, Elgin County, St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, Sutherland Press building, Suzanne van Bommel, paul collins, David McGee

We're being taken for a ride, courtesy city hall

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: Can you ever have enough pick-up trucks? Forget gas-guzzlers, city hall is making a name for itself … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, St. Thomas Police Service, MP Joe Preston, Ald. Lori Baldwin-Sands

Should we go or stay, the answer after this time out

Ian's City Scope wrote 1 year ago: We haven’t harangued the brass at Elgin St. Thomas Public Health in some time, but that doesn … more →

Tags: City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Health Care, Elgin County, Education, economic sustainability, Premier Dalton McGuinty, Elgin St. Thomas Public Health, Central Elgin Mayor Bill Walters


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