Tag: london city hall
City hall briefs: new library board member; ‘grateful’ volunteers
A collection of news and notes from Tuesday’s debate at city hall:
Fewer committees, more freedom: citizen input plan heads to politicians
A long-awaited and sometimes controversial shakeup proposed for the citizen committees that advise council on everything from child care and housing to trees is finally approaching a finish line.
City reworking zoning for newly regulated towing industry
New rules created last year to regulate towing in London have brought with them a new bureaucratic complication: righting London’s zoning bylaw.
Dog kennel in a mall? Let’s give it a shot: Westmount Shopping Centre
Nothing perks up an older shopping mall like a doggy daycare. At least, that’s what boosters say about a proposal to rezone Westmount Shopping Centre to allow a kennel. McCor Management operates the mall and applied for the change to allow Dogtopia to offer daycare, boarding and grooming services. “It’s a great fit,” Ward 10 […]
City of London criticized for ‘good faith’ acceptance of vaccine exemptions
There are no immediate plans to update city hall’s COVID-19 vaccine policy, despite a process to apply for exemptions that one expert in politics says is a clear “way out” for employees to avoid getting the shot.
Four London ‘main streets’ get $100K each to boost businesses
The London Small Business Centre is preparing to deploy ‘ambassadors,’ marketing help and cold hard cash to merchants on four main streets across the city.
London faces time, project crunch to keep $120M in transit funding
The ghost of London’s bus rapid transit controversy hung over city hall Tuesday as politicians voted to apply for transit cash to fund upgrades across the city.
City hall briefs: landfill expansion, pump troubles
News and notes from debates at city hall on Tuesday:
City hall briefs: plaza rezoning, Springbank apartments
A collection of news and notes from debates at city hall on Monday:
Election signs: Visual clutter or a way to get the message out?
Warning of sign wars, visual pollution and a “glut” of election signs, a pair of London politicians pushed for changes to a bylaw to reduce that kind of advertising during election campaigns.