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The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) has purchased the property where the former Leslie M. Frost Natural Resource Centre stood.
“The property is an absolute gem,” said OPSEU President Warren Thomas. “From training forest rangers in the 1920s to training our members and leaders in the 2020s, this property will serve OPSEU/SEFPO’s hardworking members so that they can continue to support our province, its people and its economy.”
The sale was handled by CBRE Limited Real Estate Brokerage. “The site has 2,800 feet of shoreline frontage along St. Nora Lake which is popular for cottaging, boating and fishing,” a brochure on the brokerage’s website reads. “Formerly known as the Leslie M. Frost Natural Resource Centre, this site was initially opened as an outdoor education and training facility and has since been a destination for government staff, school groups, wildlife organizations, eco-touri
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The Ontario hospital CEO who went the Dominican Republic over the holiday break has lost both of his jobs after an outcry over his decision to travel despite pandemic advice.
Tom Stewart, chief executive of St. Joseph’s Health System in Hamilton, travelled to the Dominican Republic during a recent 2½-week vacation. He was removed on Thursday by St. Joseph’s board of directors, which convened a second meeting to decide to his fate.
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The Ontario hospital CEO who went to the Dominican Republic over the holiday break was removed from one of his positions but his fate at another remains unclear after the board of directors met on Wednesday to discuss his trip amid an outcry over his decision to travel despite pandemic advice.
Tom Stewart, chief executive of St. Joseph’s Health System in Hamilton, travelled to the Dominican Republic during a 2½-week vacation. The health system’s board of directors met on Wednesday to discuss the situation, said St. Joseph’s spokesman Patrick Moore, who said he was “unaware” of any outcome from the meeting.
OPSEU leaders demand resignation of Thomas Stewart as CEO of Niagara/Hamilton hospitals
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TORONTO, Jan. 6, 2021 /CNW/ - The leaders of OPSEU/SEFPO are demanding the full resignation of Thomas Stewart as CEO of Niagara Health and St. Joseph s Healthcare Hamilton after revelations that he vacationed in the Dominican Republic over the holidays. There can be no half-measures during a lockdown, and there can be no half-measures in the consequences people face for ignoring the lockdown, said OPSEU/SEFPO President Warren (Smokey) Thomas. Stewart knows it was inappropriate for him to leave the country during the worst of this pandemic. He should also know he s lost the trust of the people who work in his hospitals and who are receiving care in his hospitals. He must go.
Posted: Jan 07, 2021 9:28 AM ET | Last Updated: January 7
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit declared an outbreak of COVID-19 at both the Thunder Bay District Jail and the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre on January 6, after an inmate that had spent time at both institutions tested positive for the respiratory disease earlier in the week.(CBC News)
After an inmate in a Thunder Bay correctional facility tested positive for COVID-19, leading to the declaration of a COVID-19 outbreak at two facilities in the city late Wednesday evening, calls for a plan to vaccinate inmates and staff at correctional facilities have grown.
However, the provincial government has been unable to provide details thus far on when or how those vaccinations may occur.