Tag: City council
As eviction deadline nears, worried tenants wonder where they can go
Carol Rogers says she’s at her wit’s end. Diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer, Rogers faces a deadline of Sept. 30 to vacate her apartment unit at 435 Nelson St. in London’s SoHo neighbourhood. Nelson received an N13 eviction notice in May from her landlord, 435 Nelson Inc., who said she had to move […]
‘Manipulation’: Ex-police board chair blasts spending $104K on PR firm
The London police boardâs decision to hire a public-relations firm to help promote its largest-ever budget is âunprecedentedâ and action should be taken so it doesnât happen again, says a former head of the board.
London city council poised to stop issuing proclamations, again
Four years after restarting the long-dormant process, London politicians already have lost their appetite for proclamations, with past controversies top of mind.
London police board spent $104K on PR firm to sell high-spending budget
The London police board paid a prominent public relations firm more than $100,000 to help sell its controversial high-spending budget earlier this year, according to documents obtained by The Free Press. One city councillor called it âdisturbingâ to learn the board used taxpayersâ money to win support from the public and politicians for the $672-million, […]
Citizen calls council limits on speech ‘undemocratic’
Owen Sound city council on Monday finalized its July decision to reduce how long speakers may address council and committees, and to only include items on the agenda that are within council’s jurisdiction. During public question period though, an Owen Sound citizen called those moves “undemocratic.” There were other procedural bylaw changes that council approved, […]
Unexpected funding for upgraded water pipes for RCA apartment complex
The apartment complex proposed for the former RCA lands in the city will benefit from an unanticipated nearly $1.8-million provincial grant from a provincial fund for water system development to get housing built faster. Owen Sound staff applied early this year for about $2.4 million in eligible expenses to the Housing Enabling Water System Fund, […]
Stage set in London for taller buildings, more stacked townhouses
London politicians laid the groundwork Tuesday for taller buildings across the city and four-storey stacked townhouses in residential neighbourhoods as they endorsed proposed changes to the city’s master planning document. Following a two-hour public meeting, members of city council’s planning and environment signed off on proposed changes that could change the city’s skyline and fabric […]
This is the new name proposed for London’s Budweiser Gardens
London could be losing a long-time Bud.Â
‘Towers of Spite’: Developer intends to ‘fill in what’s missing’
London’s Towers of Spite may get company.
Tenants’ group frustrated as ‘toothless’ renoviction bylaw moves ahead
London tenants are a key step closer to getting more protection from renovictions under a bylaw approved by a council committee Monday.