Tag: London Free Press
Next on city council’s cost-cutting agenda: Axing new bike lanes
As city hall seeks savings to meet Mayor Josh Morgan’s order to cut next year’s proposed tax hike, two politicians have their own idea: Delaying or cancelling bike lane projects. Ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the budget committee, councillors Susan Stevenson and Paul Van Meerbergen are proposing a motion to have city hall staff come […]
Judge blasts driver for police chase from Grand Bend to Windsor
SARNIA — A young Windsor man who led various police units throughout Southwestern Ontario on a wild high-speed chase from Grand Bend to his hometown last summer called it an extremely foolish mistake. “I’ve learned a very valuable lesson through all this,” Jakob Monforton said to a Sarnia judge as he was being fined $4,000 […]
Is it time for London to get its first new public high school in 50 years?
One plot of land, two different possible outcomes for northwest London: a new high school or more than 600 units of housing in multiple buildings. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at a pitch to help round out a subdivision near the city’s northern border. A SECONDARY SCHOOL? Developer Landea Developments Inc. has put […]
PHOTOS: Marking Victoria Day at Fanshawe Pioneer Village
Visitors took a step back in time on Monday as they celebrated Victoria Day at Fanshawe Pioneer Village in London. Photos by LFP’s Dale Carruthers dcarruthers@postmedia.com
York Developments wants to demolish six yellow brick buildings in the St. George and Ann streets neighbourhood that date to 1859, former home of the Kent Brewery, the main building of which was locate
A London builder is ready to embrace an extensive, and costly, nod to heritage in order to build residential towers in the Oxford Street and Richmond Row area.