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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Politicians unanimously have endorsed a review of London's dog licensing bylaw and its enforcement in the wake of a dog-on-dog attack in the city's east end.
A city councillor wants London’s dog licensing bylaw to start requiring owners to share information after a biting incident, motivated by a resident who says he was left searching for details after his pet was attacked. “Say you’re in a car accident, right? You have to present information to say
London will push on with an expansion to its urban growth boundary, the first significant change in almost 30 years, despite pushback outside the development industry. Politicians gave their approval on Tuesday to expand the boundary, which dictates where residential and commercial development can happen, but were divided on exactly
A first-term city councillor expressed no regrets about abruptly exiting a debate over rejigged ward boundaries, arguing his political colleagues were ignoring his and his constituents’ wishes. Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister walked out of a Tuesday meeting and didn’t return as city politicians debated changes to London’s 14 ward
London city councillors have decided on the new electoral boundaries that will be in place for the 2026 election. In a 13-1 vote, with Ward 7 Coun. Corrine Rahman opposed and Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister absent, the strategic priorities and policy committee decided Tuesday to keep London’s 14 wards
Ontario's premier is pledging new legislation which promises a crackdown on public drug use and encampments and get more people indoors and into treatment, whether it violates their rights or not.
Monday marked the first meeting of city council’s refreshed committees including the shrunken community and protective services committee. Reporter Jack Moulton explains the committee system, and why the smaller body already is presenting headaches. WHAT ARE COUNCIL’S STANDING COMMITTEES? City council has four committees that meet on a three-week cycle