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 […]
London Transit politicians may shy away from service cuts, amid construction-related delays and further declines in Fanshawe enrolment.
The Ontario government's strong mayor powers, now a couple years old, have been expanded to even more municipalities and some are not happy about it.
Looks like Mayor Josh Morgan is taking a page from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's playbook and buying off voters before an election.
London will soon be home to 115 new ‘highly supportive” housing apartments targeting people experiencing homelessness.
London is looking to increase housing downtown and along transit corridors by offering up to $10 million in forgivable loans to developers
City politicians say they’re pleased to see some hard data quantifying the urgent need for housing in London after a mandated report from the federal government outlined shortages and shortfalls. City hall staff presented the housing needs assessment by consulting firm Colliers, required through the federal housing accelerator fund, to council’s planning committee on Tuesday. […]
London’s mayor is pledging to provide relief to taxpayers in the final year of his term as a new city hall report details a budget surplus of nearly $60 million. The staff report on the city’s 2024 year-end operating budget outlines a $58.8 million surplus on the property tax budget, and a $700,000 surplus on […]
A heated discussion about the future of a homeless encampment near downtown London caused politicians to evacuate chambers and a woman to be barred from city hall.
The new and councillor-run London Transit Commission (LTC) held its first meeting Wednesday, focused on staff bringing the seven politicians up to speed on operations and budgets.
Businesses in London's downtown could soon get a decent cash infusion if they open up in one of many vacant commercial spaces.
Public safety has been declining in parts of London for years, the city’s police chief says.