Author: The London Free Press
London city council briefs: Anti-Islamophobia plan, business pilot
News and notes from Tuesday night’s meeting at city hall: Plan to ‘disrupt Islamophobia’ endorsed A sweeping strategy to “disrupt Islamophobia” in London was endorsed unanimously on Tuesday night, prompting powerful comments from several city politicians. “I was born here . . . Still being treated as ‘other’ is just the weirdest thing,” Ward 6 […]
London’s proposed climate action plan exposes divide among councillors
An ambitious but necessary roadmap to take action on climate change, or an “aspirational” document that won’t be accepted by Londoners? City politicians are divided. A plan to back up London’s climate emergency declaration, nearly three years after it was proclaimed by city council, finally was debated by politicians Tuesday night. It exposed a gulf […]
Letters to the Editor: Feb. 9
Kudos to truckers Kudos to the truck drivers and all who participated in the convoy this past weekend. Prime Minster Justin Trudeau’s last mandate was the straw that broke the camel’s back and prompted them to ‘ignite the spirit of freedom in Canada.’ Tens of thousands of people from all parts of Canada cheered them […]
London man charged in downtown SUV plunge: police
It’s fortunate nobody was hurt when an SUV plunged nearly four metres onto a downtown road Monday afternoon, London police say. Emergency crews responded about 3:30 p.m. Monday to Wellington Street, between York and Horton streets, after an SUV travelling east on Bathurst Street went through a fence and guardrail before landing on its roof, […]
FULL COVERAGE: Chaos, frustration at Southwestern Ontario border crossings
Anti-vaccine mandate and anti-government protesters have since Monday evening slowed or outright blocked traffic at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing between Windsor and Detroit – North America’s busiest trade point – and that has created spillover trouble at the Blue Water Bridge crossing two hours east, at Sarnia. It’s all an echo of the anti-government […]