Author: The London Free Press
Fanshawe College union to faculty: vote against provincewide offer
Educators at London’s Fanshawe College will vote this week, along with their counterparts across the province, on a contract offer their union is urging them to reject. Among other things, the union says the offer doesn’t deal with potential job losses due to privatization. “We’re telling members to send a strong message and reject their […]
Local mayor won’t denounce Hwy. 402 blockade as it stretches into Day 6
WARWICK TOWNSHIP – A mayor who’s publicly backed the Ottawa occupation is refusing to call for an end to the anti-government blockade of a major highway in her community, which will stretch into its sixth day Monday.
LifeSpin urges vacant London home tax to tackle housing affordability
An agency that advocates for low-income Londoners is urging city council to use a vacancy tax on empty homes as one element of a larger affordable housing strategy. LifeSpin wrote to city councillors ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, when council is expected to approve or reject the motion to hire a consultant to study a vacant […]
Busy big-box stores reopened after bomb threat: London police
Several big box stores at an east London mall were forced to close for hours Sunday amid a large police investigation into a late-morning bomb threat. There was a heavy police presence at Argyle Mall on Dundas Street, where police had cordoned off a large section of the parking lot and surrounded part of the […]
London’s iconic International Bakery to close its doors after 67 years
“It was a good living.”