Tag: decision
Councillor loses bid to quash homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid
Funding for homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid Street Mission will continue to flow, despite the ward councillor putting up an intense fight to halt it. In a 9-5 vote at a city council meeting Tuesday, councillors resurrected a motion quashed at a committee meeting in March to give $611,000 to the agency so it […]
Fanshawe suspends enrolment in 40 programs in wake of foreign student caps
Fanshawe College is suspending enrolment of students in 40 of its over 220 programs, the school announced Tuesday.
Exiting Conservative MP won’t endorse her party’s new candidate
A departing Conservative MP with deep roots in a London-area riding won’t endorse any candidate to succeed her, not even the one running under her longtime party’s banner. Karen Vecchio, who had represented Elgin-Middlesex-London since 2015, said she won’t publicly support anyone to fill her vacated seat, now renamed Elgin-St. Thomas-London South after the riding’s […]
Drewlo Holdings sweetens pot for tenants in rent-save-own program
One of London’s largest landlords is revamping a program to help renters get into homeownership, boosting how much residents can save toward the price of a new home
City councillors now in driver’s seat at London Transit
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 […]