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 London politician’s decision to withdraw from the race to be a Tory candidate in London wasn’t entirely her own, she tells The London Free Press. Since December, Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson had been vying to be the Conservative candidate for the London Centre riding, a rejig of the present London North Centre riding […]
A London politician’s decision to withdraw from the race to be a Tory candidate in London wasn’t entirely her own, she tells The London Free Press. Since December, Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson had been vying to be the Conservative candidate for the London Centre riding, a rejig of the present London North Centre riding […]
Voters in central London are likely to see a federal election rematch on their ballot following a city councillor’s sudden withdrawal from the Tory nomination race. With the next federal election widely expected to be called as early as this week, Ward 4. Coun. Susan Stevenson says she is bowing out of the race for […]
Safespace, a London outreach agency for at-risk sex workers, has laid off its staff and is returning to a volunteer-run model
The board that oversees the London Public Library now includes Mayor Josh Morgan, even though its chair pushed back on the city's top politician joining it.
2024 expense tabs are in for London’s mayor and its 14 ward councillors. City hall reporter Jack Moulton breaks down how much they spent and on what. THE BIG PICTURE City councillors are entitled to charge up to $15,000 a year in general expenses such as for office supplies and equipment, gifts and souvenirs for […]
London is ready to open an emergency reception centre to bring the city’s homeless out of the extreme cold for the night, the mayor says. Mayor Josh Morgan told The London Free Press Tuesday evening that if existing overnight shelter space is used up, including any new emergency space spurred by the extreme cold, the […]
London’s rapid growth and its impact on city politicians will be a key factor in the evaluation of councillors’ pay rate, two task force members say. London city council is gearing up to appoint a five-person, independent panel to analyze city councillor pay and whether local politicians are receiving the support they need, such as […]
City politicians have brushed off the concerns of a citizen advisory committee that wants them to slam the brakes on the process of gathering public input on London's polarizing new transportation master plan.