Letters to the Editor: January 4, 2025

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BRT right move
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Letters to the Editor: January 2, 2025

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Pray for sleep
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New London transportation plan ‘unimaginative, bland’: Expert

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Calling it "unimaginitive," "bland" and politically safe, one planning expert isn't sold on London's master transportation plan so far.
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Christmas cleanup: What to do with your tree in London

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As the Christmas season ends, don’t be a Grinch. Make sure to dispose of your live tree in an eco-friendly way and let go of “wishcycling” certain items. So, here’s how to stay on the nice list and get rid of your waste and recycling in London this holiday: HOW
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BRT 2.0: What to know about proposed resurrection of north, west routes

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What’s old is new again. London’s new 25-year transportation master plan contains a proposal to revive two bus rapid transit routes to serve north and west London. LFP’s Jack Moulton takes a look back, and forward, at rapid transit’s political feasibility. WHAT’S ON THE TABLE FOR BUS RAPID TRANSIT? Within
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All you need to know about London’s 25-year transportation master plan

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London’s suburbs over the next 25 years will be getting a bigger and better networks of roads, revived bus rapid transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks, according to newly released details of city hall’s 25-year master transportation plan. LFP’s Jack Moulton explains what’s on the table so far. WHAT’S THE PLAN
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Arguments for, against expanding London’s urban growth boundary

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As London’s population swells beyond expectation, and the city looks down the barrel of the national housing crisis, there are new questions about available land and its affordability. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at the city’s urban growth boundary, and why it should or shouldn’t be expanded. WHAT
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Letters to the Editor: November 28, 2024

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Parking at premium
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London police chief urged to ‘set record straight’ on safe supply programs

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The jump in opioid pills hitting London’s streets started when several pharmacies began dispensing them, the health unit says, a finding that suggests federal Conservatives and other critics targeting the older Safer Opioid Supply (SOS) program are missing the mark. “There was a notable increase in hydromorphone prescribing from 2023
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Flood risk too great to allow fast-food joint in northeast London: Upper Thames officials

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Jack Moulton breaks down why officials are warning against the development.
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Letters to the Editor: November 23, 2024

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I have another suggestion for something that should not be said to patients.
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Pearson: Politicking puts people off politics

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There's a new category of homelessness in the country – the politically homeless – and the implications are significant.
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