Tag: Josh Morgan
Cha-ching? London housing starts near target to unlock big funding bonus
London is looking like it will meet its provincially set annual housing target for 2024, meaning city hall will have access to some significant cash. LFP’s Jack Moulton breaks down where London sits and why it has stepped out ahead of other cities. HOW IS LONDON DOING ON ITS TARGET? Ontario has committed to building […]
Q+A: Mayor Josh Morgan looks ahead to London’s 2025 challenges
There has been no shortage of issues for Mayor Josh Morgan to tackle, from housing and homelessness, to an exploding population, and property tax hikes
‘I got in a tussle’: Man recounts stabbing that led to London honour
Mike Bessegato was on his lunch break grabbing a few items at a downtown London grocery store when he witnessed a clerk tussling with a much younger man.
Good Samaritan stabbed by attacker named to London’s 2025 honour list
London’s annual goodwill roll call has an unusual addition this year â a bystander who was stabbed while protecting an elderly grocery store employee in a robbery.
London city hall: Looking ahead to priorities, possible pitfalls of 2025
300 Dufferin Ave. was a busy spot in 2024, between setting new ward boundaries, a new four-year budget, new building height limits and going ahead with an expansion to London’s urban growth boundary. Things won’t be much quieter in 2025 and city hall reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at what Londoners should expect in […]
Tenants already settling in as London affordable housing project opens
Residents of a new affordable housing project in the cityâs south end have already begun moving in.
19 guns, $8.4M in drugs seized in London since July: Police
The cache of guns and illicit drugs displayed at London police headquarters is evidence the city is becoming safer, the police chief says. The 19 guns and drugs valued at more than $8.4 million â including 14 kilograms of cocaine and 16.9 kilograms of fentanyl â were seized in investigations across the city since July, […]
London police arrest shooting suspect, make largest-ever fentanyl seizure
London police made the city’s largest-ever seizure of fentanyl after arresting a second suspect in a shooting at a London public housing building, police say.
City council adds 1,500 hectares to urban growth boundary (and maybe more)
London will push on with an expansion to its urban growth boundary, the first significant change in almost 30 years, despite pushback outside the development industry. Politicians gave their approval on Tuesday to expand the boundary, which dictates where residential and commercial development can happen, but were divided on exactly how much to add. “This […]
Susan Stevenson losing 30 days’ pay for ‘bullying, harassment’
A London city councillor with a history of controversial social media posts will be docked 30 days’ pay in a punishment meted out by her colleagues