Tag: London Free Press
City budget: Londoners sound off as politicians mull 2025 spending plan
City hall held its first and only public participation meeting for the $1.4-billion 2025 budget update on Tuesday evening, welcoming a total of 45 speakers. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at the big-ticket items Londoners were most concerned about. ARK AID’S SHELTER BEDS Far and away the top issue of the night was […]
Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturer, is poised to open a storefront in Masonville Place as it also builds a service garage on Wonderland Road.
The electric vehicle manufacturer is opening a storefront in CF Masonville Place as it also builds a service garage on Wonderland Road
Councillors balk at adding more homeless encampment depots
London’s program to provide people who live in homeless encampments with food, water, garbage cleanup and portable washrooms is on shaky ground, after city councillors floated a lifeline until the end of February. Councillors ultimately voted 10-5 at a meeting Tuesday of city council’s strategic priorities and policy committee to endorse letting depots as they […]
LIVE: London Knights vs. Kitchener Rangers
Two of the top teams in the Ontario Hockey League will clash with the London Knights visiting Kitchener to play the Rangers on Tuesday night. Follow along in the comment section below for to-the-minute updates from LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette
PHOTOS: Grand Theatre raises curtain on the Sound of Music
The Sound of Music was set to open on Tuesday night as the 2024 holiday production at London’s Grand Theatre, with a run scheduled to last until Dec. 29.
Bush bash homicide trial: Defence challenges key witness’s account of shooting
Jessica Falardeau recalled in her testimony the two masked men who showed up to settle a score were different in stature.
In one Southwestern Ontario county, new rules urge respect for staff: ‘Long overdue’
Norfolk County residents are on notice â misbehave on public property and you might get the boot.
All aboard! Local town set to live-stream rail crossings to draw tourists
The bells ring, the lights flash and the crossing gates descend, blocking the road and delaying drivers from reaching their destination. Though it can be inconvenient to idle while a locomotive pulls freight cars, sometimes stretching for several kilometres, to train enthusiasts, passing trains are the destination and a Southwestern Ontario townâs new tourism venture […]
Conditional offers returning to lukewarm London housing market
Buyers in the London areaâs sluggish real estate market appear to be using their leverage to include âescape clausesâ in purchase offers, local realtors report.