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Growing Pains: Londoners’ biggest concerns – and how city politicians respond
Here’s a run-down of the growing pain issues about which city politicians are hearing most often from residents, and what they say in response.
Saving kids: London’s mobile intensive care unit ready to roll
One of only a few Ontario medical centres with a mobile intensive care system for babies and children, the Children’s Hospital at the London Health Sciences Centre is looking to add a third shift to its team in the wake of a surge in respiratory illnesses over the past year among kids showing up in hospitals.
Q+A: London police board chair on new four-year deal
A new four-year contact for London police employees is rooted in a competitive compensation program that reflects the market conditions, says the head of the city’s police board.
ANALYSIS: Corey Perry, social media and the reign of rumours
A days-long wildfire of online rumours about London hockey legend Corey Perry underscores social media’s growing role in amplifying gossip that often crowds out fact-based information, one academic says.
Growing pains: Five fought-over London building projects
In a growing city struggling to keep up with housing demand, London still gets hung up on small-city opposition – appearances, height, traffic, building density, shadows and more – as new building proposals come on stream.