Category Archives: Education
Rescoping? Beats me, insists former MPP Steve Peters
Watch for the matter of a new home for Elgin St. Thomas Public Health to heat up dramatically in the coming days. The health unit has been out of the public spotlight of late and that’s not a bad thing … Continue reading
Thoughts on the potential for economic development between St. Thomas and First Nations of Ontario
The following was forwarded to City Scope by St. Thomas resident Bev Walpole and illustrates the “outside-of-the-box” thinking so sorely lacking today. It’s a case of addressing a large-scale national issue with a made-in-St.Thomas solution.Please take a few moments to … Continue reading
Do city officials have the maturity to move forward?
Monday’s announcement this corner of the province is in line to benefit from an $80-million job-generation fund had the City Scope research department scurrying to dust off the archives. Before delving into those findings, we must note one of the … Continue reading
Filed under Alma College, Economic sustainability, Education, Heritage
Should we go or stay, the answer after this time out
We haven’t harangued the brass at Elgin St. Thomas Public Health in some time, but that doesn’t mean they have eluded the City Scope radar. There is a sense the contentious issue of a new home for the organization is … Continue reading
Who wrote the book on cost of library move?
Just how far do some people feel the pockets of taxpayers will stretch? Well, if you’re library CEO Rudi Denham or board chairman Greg Grondin, you must think the budgets of hard-working city families are as flexible as Gumby and … Continue reading
Filed under Alma College, City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Education, Health Care, Public transit
Up against the Green Monster of financial reality
How often have we asked rhetorically: “What will it take to get something done in this city?” Does it take a 66-year-old senior crashing face first on to the sidewalk to get the bare minimum of maintenance done to a … Continue reading
Filed under City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Education, infrastructure funding
You ain’t seen nothing yet, teases Andrew Gunn
In a week filled with grim economic developments, news of Algoma University’s proposal to open up shop in the former Wellington Street Public School is an intriguing scenario. While it will not be hailed as a significant job generator, the … Continue reading
Filed under Alma College, City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Education, Heritage
Algoma University aims to offer programs at Wellington Street P.S.
The City of St. Thomas, Algoma University, and the estate of Dorothy Fay Palmer have announced the Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario university has expressed an interest in offering the first two years of its Bachelor of Arts program in St. … Continue reading
Filed under City of St. Thomas, Education, Heritage
Practice of double-dipping ‘a crime against our youth’
Later this month, the board of directors at St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital will sit down to determine the next chapter in the Paul Collins saga. The CEO’s one-year retire/rehire contract expires at the end of the year, and a likely … Continue reading
Filed under 2011 provincial election, City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Education
