One city politician wants answers as to whether city hall can recoup $1 million in lost property tax revenue from a London cricket processing plant now facing bankruptcy.
Several historic buildings in downtown London soon could meet the wrecking ball as city politicians endorsed knocking them down for a new highrise. York Developments has applied to demolish six heritage-designated, yellow-brick buildings in the St. George and Ann streets neighbourhood that date to 1859 and were the former home of the Kent Brewery, the […]
It was refreshing to read council has voted against renaming Plantation Road Larch Road, and has agreed to use part of the surplus to reduce the projected tax increase for Londoners.
As city hall seeks savings to meet Mayor Josh Morgan’s order to cut next year’s proposed tax hike, two politicians have their own idea: Delaying or cancelling bike lane projects. Ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the budget committee, councillors Susan Stevenson and Paul Van Meerbergen are proposing a motion to have city hall staff come […]
A Free Press reader says "too often now, change is initiated by those who pull at the heart strings of people, and not common sense."
An 18-storey residential tower will rise, after all, from what’s now an open pit on Ridout Street after the developer struck a deal with city hall avoiding legal action. Tricar Group had sued the city over delays in development permits, but a changing of the guard in the city’s planning department has resulted in speedier […]
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 […]
Ward 12 Coun. Elizabeth Peloza, who first brought the issue to city hall, pledges to put it back up for discussion Tuesday.
Flush with cash, London city council is set to debate whether to offer homeowners a break on sky-high property tax increases approved throughout this term or spend it supporting social and cultural programs. City hall has posted a nearly $60-million budget surplus this year and some politicians want to use roughly $17 million of the […]
City council's decision to end the scheduled service depots runs the risk of alienating homeless campers and increasing their desperation