London has won its share of Queen’s Park funding for meeting housing targets last year, but exactly how much remains up in the air. Provincial data has not been updated since December and only shows progress between January and October of 2024. Still, Mayor Josh Morgan said the city has reached roughly 95 per cent […]
The site of a closed elementary school on Hamilton Road could be home to a new park, townhomes and apartment buildings.
Developers will be able to pitch their ideas for housing on a city-owned parking lot in Old East Village this summer after politicians were urged to slow the process down and do more consultation. Initiated by Mayor Josh Morgan through a strong mayor order last year, city hall staff had begun looking at the potential […]
London politicians have killed a six-year effort to rename a west London street with slave-era connotations after soundly rejecting a double-pronged attempt to restart the process. During Tuesday’s city council meeting, politicians voted 9-6 both against renaming Plantation Road to Larch Road, and conducting more public engagement to consider a renaming. “The history of the […]
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.
London homeless helpers understand city council’s desire to dismantle an encampment after a fire and propane tank explosion – they just wonder where residents will go. This week, a council committee backed Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister’s emergency motion to close the city-run service depot at the Watson Street Park encampment, and to have city […]
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 […]
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 […]