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City politician reflects on ‘making a bit of a scene’ with mid-debate exit

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A first-term city councillor expressed no regrets about abruptly exiting a debate over rejigged ward boundaries, arguing his political colleagues were ignoring his and his constituents’ wishes. Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister walked out of a Tuesday meeting and didn’t return as city politicians debated changes to London’s 14 ward boundaries – including to his […]

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All you need to know about London’s 25-year transportation master plan

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London’s suburbs over the next 25 years will be getting a bigger and better networks of roads, revived bus rapid transit, bike lanes, and sidewalks, according to newly released details of city hall’s 25-year master transportation plan. LFP’s Jack Moulton explains what’s on the table so far. WHAT’S THE PLAN? London’s master mobility plan, in […]

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Watchdog clears London police officer in crash that injured senior

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Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared a London police officer of criminal wrongdoing after a cruiser racing to a call crashed into a bystander’s vehicle, seriously injuring a 67-year-old woman. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) found there were no reasonable grounds to lay charges against an unnamed London police officer in connection to the June 15 […]

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City council steers new homeless ‘drop-in spaces’ away from main streets

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Politicians have voted to further crack down on where the city’s homeless can lay their head, specifically in business districts. Not only will encampments and service depots for their residents have to be located roughly a football field’s distance from any residential property line, but resting spaces also will be barred from the main streets […]