Tag: changes
Non-profit leader speaks out as city politicians mull cuts to community grants
London’s non-profits shouldn’t pay the price for a rubber-stamped bloated police budget that’s raising taxes, a 350-organization network says as it launches a campaign against community grant cuts. Pillar Nonprofit Network is calling on organizations, including the biggest ones with the biggest voices, and all Londoners to push back against a city proposal that could […]
Dyer: Trump will be bad, but likely survivable
The Roman empire survived for four centuries despite having many rulers worse than Donald Trump
London concerts: Longer, but not louder nights could be in the cards
Allowing select events, including concerts, to run an extra hour is among the rule changes city hall is studying for outdoor festivals.
Providence College commit Mason Roy signs with the Owen Sound Attack following NCAA rule change
Changes to NCAA player eligibility rules are already paying dividends for the Owen Sound Attack. On Friday, the Owen Sound Attack signed second-round pick Mason Roy to a standard player contract. Roy is committed to play NCAA Division 1 hockey at Providence College. The move comes one day after the NCAA Division I Council voted […]
Group feels unheard, but city says council pay, makeup proposals ‘repetitious’
David McLeish said he’s disappointed the city denied his request to present his analysis of council compensation and composition to city council on Oct. 24 because it was “unduly repetitious.” It’s left him and members of his committee to wonder if the city welcomes public input, he said. He looked at council pay and the costs […]
School board travel scandals: Critic blasts ‘never-ending’ spending woes
A raft of out-of-town â even overseas â trips by school board trustees or officials across Southwestern Ontario have rattled taxpayers and sparked deep reviews by Ontario’s education ministry. Two more cases became public in the past two days, and one long-time critic of the provincial education system believes it’s time for drastic changes. “I […]
Owen Sound planning to reduce speed limit on some downtown streets
Owen Sound is planning to make some amendments to its traffic bylaw, including speed limit reductions to some city streets in the downtown area. On Monday, city council approved an operations committee recommendation to direct staff to bring forward a bylaw to amend its traffic bylaw. The amendments being proposed include reducing the speed limit […]
Proposed DNR rule would allow quicker changes to harvest quotas for lake trout, cisco
Currently, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource’s process for setting new fishing limits can take years. The agency says that a new rule would allow it to better respond to […]
Trump Wins, Planet Loses
By Tik Root, Grist
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Donald J. Trump will once again be president of the United States.
The Associated Press called the race for Trump early Wednesday morning, ending one of the costliest and most turbulent campaign cycles in the nation’s history.
London city council: Yes to annual tenant fair, no to public pest control
City hall will not move ahead on a public pest control team, but it will make a tenant fair an annual event, politicians decided Tuesday night. In a series of split votes, city council rejected reviewing the city’s property standards bylaw enforcement protocols in a 12-3 vote, and exploring a publicly funded pest extermination team […]