Amid a snap election, plenty of Londoners we sampled appear skeptical of Ontario's $3-billion mass mail-out of money to virtually everyone.
Amid a flurry of splashy pre-provincial election announcements, there's one that's landing with a relative thud in London, the city's miniscule share of $75 million in new shelter and affordable housing funding.
A proposed new contract for a London shelter agency to provide 92 beds for the homeless will cost an extra $1 million because of a new city council rule.
Oxford County found itself on the receiving end of Queen’s Park investments, including a new homeless hub and $700,000 for housing
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario calculated there were at least 1,400 homeless encampments in the province in 2023
City councillors are looking for a better idea of when London should activate an emergency reception centre after the city scrambled last week to turn a community centre into an overnight warming shelter. After extreme cold warnings spurred by wind chills of –30 C and pleas from several agencies serving the homeless, the city turned […]
London is getting millions from Queen’s Park to establish 60 new homelessness and addiction recovery beds at two location in the city
Promised by Premier Doug Ford last fall, $200 cheques are now landing in mailboxes across Ontario. Heather Rivers reports on what you need to know about them.
Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election next Wednesday and send Ontarians to the polls on Feb. 27, The Canadian Press has learned. Two senior government sources say Ford recently made the decision for the rare winter election after waffling for months. The Canadian Press is not naming them so they can speak […]
Josh Morgan plans to use his relatively new "strong mayor" powers to rein in the property-tax hike Londoners will face in 2026, the final year of his term, he said in his State of the City address on Thursday.
A Dorchester mother is livid after waiting a week in frigid temperatures for her gas to be turned back on due to an investigation that cleared her of any wrongdoing.
Politicians and frontline agencies are applauding London's eleventh-hour move to open emergency warming spaces during this week's extreme cold snap, but all agree there has to be a better plan for the future.