Tag: budget
Proposed Old East Village shelter expansion meets heavy community resistance
The future of nearly 100 shelter beds for the city’s homeless remains unclear after an outpouring of frustration from Old East Village residents and businesses during public engagement meetings. Around 100 residents and business owners were present at the Old East Village Market Wednesday evening. The topic of conversation: a $4.3 million a year proposal […]
More upheaval at Thames Valley board as acting associate director demoted
The fallout continues for senior administrators at the Thames Valley District school board as another senior administrator steps down
Just like property taxes, London water rates are rising
Water rates are set to soar in London, with tap water surging about nine per cent during three years
Georgian Bluffs council takes first run at draft budget
Georgian Bluffs council has kicked off its budget deliberations, with a proposed municipal tax rate increase of just over five per cent. After a day-long budget session on Friday, council directed staff to prepare a draft 2025 budget that maintains a tax rate increase of 5.14 per cent. For the average single-family detached home assessed at […]
In Old East Village, homeless reality collides with merchants’ concerns
Old East Village residents and businesses are set to weigh in on a multi-million-dollar proposal from a social service agency to add 90 new homeless shelter beds. Set for Wednesday are two public meetings hosted at the Old East Village Market at 630 Dundas St. by the neighbourhood business improvement area as well as Ark […]
Two senior officials exit in Thames Valley District school board shake-up
Two senior administration positions are vacant after a staffing shakeup at the Thames Valley District school board, which is facing a $7.6-million budget deficit and an operational audit led by Queen’s Park.
Small community’s big debt over $6M submarine set to be paid off
Saddled with more than $6 million in debt after backing a loan to bring a Cold War submarine to its shores, a London-area community is poised to pay off the outstanding amount 15 years early. Â Bayham, a municipality with 7,000 residents on the eastern edge of Elgin County, is in line to settle the […]
Mahon: They aren’t making any more of it, are they?
The current reality for farmland buying bears some small resemblance to small-town publishing a few decades back
Bruce council asks for options after seeing price of archives expansion
Multi-million costs to expand the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre’s archival storage prompted Bruce County council to ask staff to explore cheaper options. County staff’s report Sept. 19 had recommended that staff be allowed to get detailed, final costing to add a 12,000 square-foot expansion to the museum building, and put aside $285,000 annually through […]