London City Politics

• London city committee unanimously supports shorter time frame for overnight street parking ban

  Committee members voted 6-0 on Tuesday to recommend banning overnight on-street parking for a shorter time period, from the start of November to the end of April. 

  Politics

  Mar 11, 2020
  
• London mayor pushes for electrified buses during State of the City speech

  The speech typically highlights the big moments and good news stories from the previous year while looking ahead at what's to come in the next year.

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2020
  
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• London considers overturning proclamation ban ahead of Black History Month

  The mayor and city councillors are looking at their options for honouring Black History Month in 2020.

  Politics

  Nov 20, 2019
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• London city councillors set to discuss potential tax increase at Tuesday meeting

  Councillors will meet on Tuesday evening to look into a report from London city hall that says taxpayers could see a four per cent tax hike in 2020.

  Politics

  Nov 5, 2019
• London police ask city for $12.4M over 4 years to keep up with service demands

  Deputy chief Stuart Betts spoke during a city budget discussion, asking for $12.4 million over four years for the force, an annual increase of 2.7 per cent.

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2019
• London city councillors to discuss potential changes to parking restrictions

  The civic works committee will consider several changes to the city's parking bylaws, including altering the overnight park ban that's currently in place from September until May.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2019
• City of London approves public nuisance bylaw changes in effort to tame Fake Homecoming celebrations

  Approval of the bylaw amendments come just one month shy of this year's FoCo celebration.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2019
• City committee votes to retain $7.3M grant for London Medical Network

  The strategic priorities and policy committee voted Monday to retain what's left of a $10-million grant for the London Medical Network (LMN) approved by city council in 2015.

  Politics

  Aug 27, 2019
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• TVDSB forms committee to probe code of conduct complaint against trustee Jake Skinner

  The move comes months after a PR firm Skinner co-runs came under fire for its role in the creation of two attack websites during the 2018 municipal election.

  Politics

  Aug 14, 2019
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• London city councillor pushes for better spending of taxpayer dollars in new LEDC contract

  Ward 7 Coun. Josh Morgan wants to see city staff use a contract extension with the LEDC to lay out specific expectations for performance in a new four-year agreement.

  Economy

  Jun 25, 2019