Tag: Local News
MP pushes back after affordable housing plan denied $13.5M in funding
A London MP is pushing Canada’s national housing agency to reverse its decision to reject a charity’s $13.5-million request to build 138 affordable apartments at the old Victoria Hospital lands. Peter Fragiskatos, the London North Centre Liberal MP, says he disagrees with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp.’s (CMHC) decision to deny Indwell the much-needed […]
In the debate around the new bylaw, the Hindu religious festival Diwali has emerged as a factor, with London’s 10,000-strong Hindu community arguing fireworks is an important part of the festival.
City council is set to vote later this month on whether to ban backyard fireworks across London – creating a public debate that’s trained a spotlight on Diwali, a Hindu festival during which fireworks are a key component.
Politicians skip ‘punitive’ move amid homeless-sent-to-London speculation
City politicians are taking steps to stop homeless people from being sent to London against their will or under false pretenses, although how much that’s happening remains a question mark. But council members stepped back Wednesday from measures that would punish non-profit organizations and individual workers who send people to London, measures criticized by a […]
Tristan Roby, his mother and a stunning outside-the-court exchange
Just outside the door of the London courtroom, Abby Roby lovingly tousled her son’s thick dark hair while his support workers suctioned his breathing tube.
University, ex-public health official trade allegations in $600K lawsuit
Matt Strauss’s former employer says the outspoken doctor’s commentary about the COVID-19 pandemic harmed Queen’s University’s reputation, while Strauss claims the school tried to “cancel” him. Haldimand-Norfolk’s former acting medical officer of health sued Queen’s and the head of the school’s department of medicine, Stephen Archer, last October, alleging “constructive dismissal” while seeking $600,000 in […]