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.
Mayor Josh Morgan and the city's economic development agency respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest decrees on tariffs
In a tight 8-7 vote, London city council has decided to pull its share of funding from a recruitment drive to bring desperately needed family doctors to the city. LFP’s Jack Moulton looks at the program: what it does, why funding was yanked, and what it will mean going forward. WHAT IS THE PROGRAM? The […]
Funding for homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid Street Mission will continue to flow, despite the ward councillor putting up an intense fight to halt it. In a 9-5 vote at a city council meeting Tuesday, councillors resurrected a motion quashed at a committee meeting in March to give $611,000 to the agency so it […]
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The governing body of London Transit has been disbanded by city council, and seven councillors, including the mayor, will take its place on a temporary basis. The four remaining members of the commission, Coun. Jerry Pribil, Stephanie Marentette, Scott Collyer and Sheryl Rooth, were dismissed in a 10-5 vote at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Councillors […]