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Ontario education minister Paul Calandra has put the Thames Valley District school board – home to 84,000 students – under Queen’s Park supervision following a controversial three-day Toronto retreat by top officials last summer that cost $38,000. Investigators, auditing the board’s books, found a lack of financial oversight in the budgeting process led to a […]
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As Ontario’s election campaign kicked off Wednesday, a London city councillor announced he’s taking a leave of absence to run for a seat at Queen’s Park. Reporter Jack Moulton goes over the customs and rules in vying for different elected offices. WHO’S TAKING A LEAVE? Ward 5 Coun. Jerry Pribil announced Wednesday he’s taking an […]
London Free Press
As Ontario’s election campaign kicked off Wednesday, a London city councillor announced he’s taking a leave of absence to run for a seat at Queen’s Park. Reporter Jack Moulton goes over the customs and rules in vying for different elected offices. WHO’S TAKING A LEAVE? Ward 5 Coun. Jerry Pribil announced Wednesday he’s taking an […]
London Free Press
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
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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
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There's a new category of homelessness in the country – the politically homeless – and the implications are significant.