Tag Archives: Elgin St. Thomas Public Health

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

We opened up City Scope seven days ago by suggesting the ball was in the court of London developer Shmuel Farhi. The comment was in reference to the decision by Elgin St. Thomas Public Health to seek new digs, not … Continue reading

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A new home for health unit and it’s not on Farhi property

Over to you Shmuel. Elgin St. Thomas Public Health made it official this week: they are seeking a new home and it won’t be on property at the west end of Talbot Street owned by London developer Shmuel Farhi. As … Continue reading

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Sorry, we’re very busy getting our house in order

It’s a gutsy call . . . turning down an opportunity to have St. Thomas profiled on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Mayor Heather Jackson and other city officials turned thumbs down on feelers from Force Four Entertainment in Vancouver requesting … Continue reading

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

WITHOUT PREJUDICE London developer Shmuel Farhi’s accounts of the events leading up to a tentative deal with Farhi for property at the west end of Talbot Street to be the new home of Elgin St. Thomas Public Health as taken … Continue reading

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Search for new health unit home may begin in court

Well, that didn’t take long. We hinted in this corner last week debate on a new home for Elgin St. Thomas Public Health was likely to heat up in the near future, however we didn’t expect matters to flare up … Continue reading

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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

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Filed under 2010 Municipal election, City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Education, Elgin county, Health Care, St. Thomas Police Service

Of camels and rich men and costly back-tracking

The cost of the proposed new police headquarters has nearly doubled over the past eight years because of the feet dragging of successive councils. Dithering being perpetuated by some aldermen who, as a result, are directly hitting ratepayers where it … Continue reading

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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

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Watermain break the least of the worries at STEGH?

It’s been a trying seven days for the administration at St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital. A week ago Friday, the hospital was the victim of a watermain break that forced a shutdown of water to the west wing of the facility, … Continue reading

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