Tag: City hall
Neighbours feel fallout as downtown-area homeless camp cleared: City hall
A prominent building providing services for the homeless, located between London’s downtown and Old East Village, has had an encampment on its lawn cleared, but that’s pushed people deeper into the surrounding neighbourhood, a city hall memo says. Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson made an official inquiry at the Sept. 23 city council meeting to […]
Owen Sound rally held to keep focus on health-care privatization
A small group gathered on the steps of Owen Sound city hall on Saturday to rally against the creeping privatization of health-care in Ontario. About 25 people took part in the Grey Bruce Health Coalition event, some holding signs in support of public healthcare and against privatization of services. Speakers shared details about their own […]
Eyeing deep freezes, city hall adds community centre as winter warming site
London city hall plans to offer one of its community centres as a warming site in extreme cold, after it was caught flat-footed last winter.
Ontario Health Coalition protests in Owen Sound, Kincardine Saturday
Owen Sound’s city hall will be the setting for an Ontario Health Coalition protest on Saturday. The local Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) contingent will gather at the municipal office (808 2nd Ave. E.) at 11 a.m. on Sept. 27 to protest the Ford government’s move to privatize healthcare, according to OHC executive director Natalie Mehra. […]
Council orders review of program housing homeless Londoners
Coun. Susan Stevenson said she has been contacted by several landlords flagging concerns including drug use, disabled smoke alarms and vandalism.