Ian's City Scope
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Politics and life in St. Thomas and SW Ontario
"The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes." American physicist Freeman Dyson
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes." American physicist Freeman Dyson
"There are no secrets that time does not reveal." - French dramatist Jean Racine
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"There are no secrets that time does not reveal." - French dramatist Jean Racine
"You cannot feed the hungry on statistics." - German poet Heinrich Heine
December 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"You cannot feed the hungry on statistics." - German poet Heinrich Heine
Joy Dawdy's swimming lessons earn a reprieve; however, some conditions will apply ianscityscope.com/2025/12/13/j...
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Joy Dawdy's swimming lessons earn a reprieve; however, some conditions will apply ianscityscope.com/2025/12/13/j...
"I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, loss of global comradeship." - American musician Patti Smith
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"I'm not afraid of terrorism at all. I'm afraid of loss of our freedom, loss of mobility, loss of global comradeship." - American musician Patti Smith
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." English novelist/poet George Eliot
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." English novelist/poet George Eliot
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - American broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow
December 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - American broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow
"Content may be king, but context is God." - American businessman/author Gary Vaynerchuk
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"Content may be king, but context is God." - American businessman/author Gary Vaynerchuk
"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness." - American musician Tom Waits
December 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness." - American musician Tom Waits
"We do not pass to move the ball. We pass to move the opposition." - Manchester City football manager Pep Guardiola
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"We do not pass to move the ball. We pass to move the opposition." - Manchester City football manager Pep Guardiola
Some tinkering with the proposed 2026 property tax levy, but the result is still a hike in the range of six per cent for St. Thomas ratepayers ianscityscope.com/2025/12/06/s...
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Some tinkering with the proposed 2026 property tax levy, but the result is still a hike in the range of six per cent for St. Thomas ratepayers ianscityscope.com/2025/12/06/s...
"We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget." - American author Joan Didion
December 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
"We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget." - American author Joan Didion
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." - American novelist/essayist Flannery O’Connor
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it." - American novelist/essayist Flannery O’Connor
"People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income." - American businessman Robert Half
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income." - American businessman Robert Half
"People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones." - American inventor Charles Kettering
December 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones." - American inventor Charles Kettering
"We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts." - American novelist Madeleine L'Engle
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"We can't take any credit for our talents. It's how we use them that counts." - American novelist Madeleine L'Engle
2026 proposed St. Thomas budget: 'Funding constraints in recent years have limited the city’s ability to follow its own asset preservation strategies' - St. Thomas Director of Financial Services Adam Boylan ianscityscope.com/2025/11/29/2...
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
2026 proposed St. Thomas budget: 'Funding constraints in recent years have limited the city’s ability to follow its own asset preservation strategies' - St. Thomas Director of Financial Services Adam Boylan ianscityscope.com/2025/11/29/2...
"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life." - American writer William Arthur Ward
November 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life." - American writer William Arthur Ward
"An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day." - American journalist Irv Kupcinet
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day." - American journalist Irv Kupcinet
"Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt." - English poet William Cowper
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt." - English poet William Cowper
"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past." - Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past." - Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza
"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity." - Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity." - Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl
"It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace." - French novelist Andre Gide
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labours of peace." - French novelist Andre Gide
'St. Thomas is exactly where we need to be' - Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube in announcing a $3.2 billion investment in the city ianscityscope.com/2025/11/22/s...
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
'St. Thomas is exactly where we need to be' - Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube in announcing a $3.2 billion investment in the city ianscityscope.com/2025/11/22/s...
"Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better." - American journalist Sydney J. Harris
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
"Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better." - American journalist Sydney J. Harris