City council has rejected staff’s recommendation to quash a proposed northwest London apartment building, approving the project with fewer floors than first proposed and arguing the need for housing outweighs concerns over height and parking. Politicians voted 13-2 to approve an eight-storey apartment building, down from the proposed 10 storeys, at 801 Sarnia Rd., immediately to […]
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.
London city councillors have endorsed dismantling a homeless encampment and on-site service depot after a Sunday night fire and explosion at a park. Members of city council’s community and protective services committee unanimously backed an emergency motion at a Monday meeting to order city staff to help relocate 39 people living in the encampment at […]
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 […]
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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 […]
What for decades has been the butt of a joke at city hall about missed opportunities suddenly became a little more serious Tuesday after politicians endorsed lobbying Queen’s Park for a ring road. In a 12-3 vote, city council, sitting as the strategic priorities and policy committee, voted to support having the mayor and city […]
In a drastic step after months of tension, city politicians voted late Tuesday to abruptly dissolve the London Transit Commission and appoint a temporary team of five council members to oversee the public transit service. City council members voted 9-6 to take control of London Transit effective April 1, citing an increasingly fraught relationship between […]
London city councillors voted Tuesday to fire the city’s integrity commissioner, citing concerns with some of the work the firm has done and the positions it has staked out. Meeting as the strategic priorities and policy committee, councillors voted 9-6 to can the civic watchdog by providing a 30-day notice to terminate its contract. “Having […]
A city council committee endorsed increased funding for a family doctor recruitment strategy that has had some success, even if some members are uneasy about it. Council’s community and protective services committee ultimately recommended an $80,000 funding extension to the primary-care recruitment and retention program, funded through the city-funded London Economic Development Corp. (LEDC) reserve […]
City funding for encampment outreach and 88 shelter beds is poised to continue, but more than $600,000 in funding for homeless drop-in services at one London agency is in jeopardy after a tie vote Monday at a city council committee. Nearly $3.6 million in funding was endorsed by the community and protective services committee for […]