Tag: decision
Task force eyed to set city councillor pay for ‘full time task’
Several familiar city hall arguments resurfaced during a Monday committee meeting, and politicians are seeking to resolve them in a review of their pay. Alongside voting to cut their own expense limit by 10 per cent, councillors revisited the part-time versus full-time council debate, and whether they should be paid more for the committees and […]
Widow testifies to shock, fear after husband’s fatal shooting
St. THOMAS â The terrible, decade-old memories appeared to be as fresh to Eva Willer Frigo as the day she saw her husband shot to death. âThere was a shot,â she said, and paused. âAnd Don was on the ground.â The 56-year-old widow of Caledon businessperson Donato Frigo began her testimony Monday at the Superior […]
Man sentenced to prison for manslaughter, but out on appeal
BRANTFORD â Connor Gibson has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for manslaughter in the death of a man he hit with a two-by-four board. But Gibson, dressed neatly in a suit and tie in Brantfordâs Superior Court of Justice, and his lawyer met again hours later on Thursday in Toronto to arrange bail, […]
The wheels on the bus run on batteries, thanks to $44M electric-fleet plan
Langs Bus Lines is getting a major jolt in the form of $44 million in federal funding that will help the London business electrify half of its school bus fleet by 2026, a first for the region.
First items on city budget chopping block? Community grants, projects
The first meeting of a new council committee to find property tax savings is set, and one of the first items potentially on the chopping block is a popular neighbourhood improvement program. During a June 26 meeting of the strategic opportunities review working group, politicians will weigh in on a suggestion from deputy mayor Shawn […]