Joe Fontana

• London politicians refute former mayor’s claims, stress sense of urgency in transit debate

  Local politicians are expressing urgency after a former mayor suggested that council could pursue millions of dollars later down the road. 

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  Mar 21, 2019
  
• Londoners weigh in on future of city’s rapid transit

  Councillors are expected to decide which projects will be submitted for senior government funding by next week.

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  Mar 20, 2019
  
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• London city committee votes to lift cap on retail space along Wonderland Road

  London's planning committee has voted in favour of lifting the cap on commercial development along Wonderland Road south.

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  Mar 20, 2018
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• London mayor to apologize to LGBTQ2 community

  Decades after the Ontario Human Rights Commission determined former mayor Dianne Haskett and the city discriminated against HALO, the city will apologize.

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  Jan 4, 2018
• Compromise sprouts at city hall over mushroom farm land deal

  Former Mayor Joe Fontana was back at London city hall yesterday.

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  Nov 7, 2017
• London deputy mayor Paul Hubert won’t run for re-election in 2018

  One of London's longest-serving city councillors won't be on the ballot when Londoners go to the polls next year.

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  Oct 26, 2017
• Former London City Coun. Bud Polhill ready to make political comeback

  A former member of the "Fontana 8" has announced he is ready to make a political comeback.

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  Jul 25, 2017
• Brown replaces disgraced Fontana as mayor of London

  London residents have voted Matt Brown to replace disgraced former mayor Joe Fontana, who resigned this summer after a fraud conviction.

  Oct 27, 2014
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• Live London election results in the 2014 mayoral race

  On Oct. 27 residents in London, Ont., vote in the 2014 municipal election. Global News will have live election results for London's mayoral race.

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  Oct 27, 2014
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• Former London mayor spared jail time, sentenced to 4 months house arrest

  Joe Fontana, the former mayor of London, Ont., has received a four-month conditional sentence under house arrest and 18 months probation for fraud-related offences from his time as a federal Liberal cabinet minister.

  Jul 15, 2014