Tag: homelessness
City council’s code of conduct: One politician, four probes in the past year
Here’s how city council’s code of conduct works, and who’s been in the spotlight.
Anxiety, anger and a punished London city councillor’s defiance
City council took the ultra-rare step of docking her a month’s pay for past conduct.
Woman gets six years in prison for kidnapping in grisly slaying
A woman initially charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Windsor man who was shot, dismembered and burned on Walpole Island in 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to six years behind bars for kidnapping.
Londoners step up after Salvation Army call for help â but more needed
Londonâs Salvation Army has seen an uptick in support for its Christmas campaign since sounding the alarm about a shortage of both donations and volunteers, officials say, but a “crucial shortfall” remains with one week until Dec. 25.
Grey-Bruce communities with municipal police forces request funding
Grey-Bruce municipalities with their own police forces are raising concerns about not receiving the additional funding their municipal peers who contract the OPP for policing are being granted. The mayors of Owen Sound, Hanover and West Grey have sent a joint letter to Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Rick Byers requesting equitable funding for municipal policing. Saugeen […]
Judgment day for Susan Stevenson for ‘bullying’ city staffer
London’s mayor and deputy mayor are critical of a colleague’s “bullying” of a senior city staffer, but disagree on a watchdog’s recommendation to dock her pay â which would be a first in recent memory. City council will consider Tuesday a report from the city’s integrity commissioner that found Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson violated […]
Cornies: ‘Ageless ideals’ being tossed aside? History shows that’s nothing new
Ask a clutch of classic car buffs to name an automobile that symbolizes the apex of North America style and beauty, and many will settle on the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air.
Baranyai: Ford tramples vulnerable to appease privileged
It seems everywhere you look these days, Premier Doug Ford is pointing a finger at the little guy.
Dock Susan Stevenson’s pay for ‘bullying’ bureaucrat: Watchdog
London’s integrity commissioner has ruled Ward 4 Coun. Susan Stevenson harassed a deputy city manager on social media, and recommends docking her pay for a month.
London homeless agencies rip Queen’s Park encampment, drug use crackdown
Ontario’s promised crackdown on encampments and public drug use doesn’t solve underlying problems, and serves to criminalize homelessness, London social-agency leaders say. Premier Doug Ford has announced $25.5-million in new funding to open up and expand shelter capacity for people living in encampments across the province, along with $50 million to fund “ready to build” […]