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 […]
Funding for homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid Street Mission will continue to flow, despite the ward councillor putting up an intense fight to halt it. In a 9-5 vote at a city council meeting Tuesday, councillors resurrected a motion quashed at a committee meeting in March to give $611,000 to the agency so it […]
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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 […]
A push by a downtown landlord and the London Community Foundation to bring more affordable housing to the core has fallen flat after no partners responded to their offer
The group behind a 20-unit tiny home village for homeless veterans in London is hoping to raise at least $4-million from the community.
London's latest mega-development is in motion. And believe it or not, this one's not in the city's booming northwest.
A Thames Valley trustee who championed a bus pass pilot project is hopeful it will go forward despite hitting a series of speedbumps.
LFP's Jack Moulton digs into what led to city council taking direct control over the London's bus service.
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 […]
Four city council members want to dissolve London's transit authority, citing a breakdown in the relationship between the long-standing municipally funded agency and city hall.
