Rachel Gilbert spoke with Jack Moulton about the abrupt takeover of London Transit by city council, and what the future may hold
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 […]
An embattled outreach agency for street-level sex workers is suing its former director, alleging failures to submit various tax filings to the Canada Revenue Agency during her tenure on the board. SafeSpace London – a drop-in centre that supports sex workers, other women and non-binary people – has launched a legal action against its former director and […]
Building a ring road today is an opportunity for London to fix historical mistakes that have constrained the city, an academic argues
A Thames Valley trustee who championed a bus pass pilot project is hopeful it will go forward despite hitting a series of speedbumps.
A $7-billion factory is already transforming the city. Might cargo drones be next? This is Part Five of Postmedia's How Canada Wins series.
LFP's Jack Moulton digs into what led to city council taking direct control over the London's bus service.
It was business as usual Wednesday for the governing body of London Transit, despite a city council committee endorsement the night before to dismiss its decision-makers. The remaining four London Transit commissioners, along with the agency’s staffers, met at the commission’s Highbury Avenue office as scheduled, and made no mention of Tuesday’s vote. “We’re a […]
Despite Woodstock politicians rejecting a proposed 254-home subdivision citing density concerns, Oxford County council has pushed the development forward.