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Mayor, councillors pivot on using budget surplus for tax relief: ‘180-degree flip’

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Just one year after city politicians forcefully shut down a similar idea, some have changed their tune on using surplus money to reduce tax increases, including during the last year of their term. Wednesday, council’s infrastructure and corporate services committee endorsed splitting $16.9 million of city hall’s nearly $60-million surplus to lower property tax hikes […]

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City council ignores its own height limits, OKs 8-storey apartment building

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City council has rejected staff’s recommendation to quash a proposed northwest London apartment building, approving the project with fewer floors than first proposed and arguing the need for housing outweighs concerns over height and parking. Politicians voted 13-2 to approve an eight-storey apartment building, down from the proposed 10 storeys, at 801 Sarnia Rd., immediately to […]

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City councillors now in driver’s seat at London Transit

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The governing body of London Transit has been disbanded by city council, and seven councillors, including the mayor, will take its place on a temporary basis. The four remaining members of the commission, Coun. Jerry Pribil, Stephanie Marentette, Scott Collyer and Sheryl Rooth, were dismissed in a 10-5 vote at Tuesday’s city council meeting. Councillors […]