Tag: Corrine Rahman
Politicians back site for police-fire training hub amid farmland concerns
A city council committee has unanimously endorsed plans for a training centre for police and firefighters just outside London’s southern boundary. Councillors Corrine Rahman, who chairs the infrastructure and corporate services committee, Jerry Pribil, Anna Hopkins, Paul Van Meerbergen, Skylar Franke and Mayor Josh Morgan voted on Wednesday in favour of the proposal. It must […]
Budget-minded city council reconsiders service-cut options it once rejected
City politicians are now open to hearing about more potential service cuts to bring down next year’s tax hike – a partial reversal from a committee decision to reject many of the ideas. Council voted Tuesday to ask city staff to report back on three cost-saving measures: reducing road repairs, stopping the green bin pilot […]
2026 London budget: Tempers flare as council eyes fee hikes, service cuts
Proposed cuts to services, possible hikes in recreation fees, and a heated argument over bike lanes. LFP’s Jack Moulton on Thursday sat in for a city council meeting on the 2026 civic budget
Is it time for London to get its first new public high school in 50 years?
One plot of land, two different possible outcomes for northwest London: a new high school or more than 600 units of housing in multiple buildings. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at a pitch to help round out a subdivision near the city’s northern border. A SECONDARY SCHOOL? Developer Landea Developments Inc. has put […]
Politicians vote to pull slain soldier’s name from London street
Two multi-year efforts to rename two London streets finally may be reaching the end of the road, but with different fates. Wednesday, city politicians dropped the renaming of Plantation Road in London’s Oakridge neighbourhood, an effort under way for six years, while endorsing the immediate renaming of the east-end Trooper Wilson Place in a 4-1 […]