It was refreshing to read council has voted against renaming Plantation Road Larch Road, and has agreed to use part of the surplus to reduce the projected tax increase for Londoners.
As city hall seeks savings to meet Mayor Josh Morgan’s order to cut next year’s proposed tax hike, two politicians have their own idea: Delaying or cancelling bike lane projects. Ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the budget committee, councillors Susan Stevenson and Paul Van Meerbergen are proposing a motion to have city hall staff come […]
A Free Press reader thinks the city needs to end the build incentives zoning insanity for luxury units no one can afford.
Ryan Gauss has been elected chairperson of London’s police board. Gauss, longtime chief of staff to London Centre Liberal MP Peter Fragiskatos, replaces Ali Chahbar, who resigned from the board this month, citing personal health reasons. Board member Nancy Branscombe nominated Gauss to become chairperson of the seven-member board that oversees policing in the city […]
The London-area health unit at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak is reporting more than 100 new infections in a week for the first time since the outbreak began in October. Southwestern Public Health reported 104 new measles cases in Elgin and Oxford counties, Woodstock and St. Thomas since May 8 on Thursday. The […]
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Under Michigan's Clean Energy and Jobs Act the Upper Peninsula would be forced to shut down their natural gas-based RICE generators early, causing fees and potential job loss, lawmakers say. The bills would let the U.P. keep the generators until their expiration in 2050.
Flush with cash, London city council is set to debate whether to offer homeowners a break on sky-high property tax increases approved throughout this term or spend it supporting social and cultural programs. City hall has posted a nearly $60-million budget surplus this year and some politicians want to use roughly $17 million of the […]
Colleges and Universities Minister Nolan Quinn announced $750 million in new STEM funding last month, opening about 20,000 new university and college spots for these academic disciplines.
City council's decision to end the scheduled service depots runs the risk of alienating homeless campers and increasing their desperation
Average resale price of properties in London region was higher in April than in January, bucking trends seen in other Canadian markets.
More than a quarter of buses are running late and that likely means another council conversation about a budget increase for more service