Tag: Municipalities
Jagmeet Singh targets Trump at London campaign stop: ‘Attacking workers’
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh followed Liberal Leader Mark Carney on the campaign trail to London on Wednesday. And like the Liberal leader, Singh did not take any questions from reporters at an evening event at the campaign office of Dirka Prout, the party’s candidate in London Centre. But Singh did comment on the executive […]
Bruce Power investigating after fish trapped in intake channel
Bruce Power is investigating and the Saugeen Ojibway Nation has raised concerns after a large number of a fish known as gizzard shad died after becoming trapped in the nuclear power plant’s intake channel last month. The operator of the generating station near Tiverton announced on Feb. 14 that it had removed its Unit 2 […]
Traffic woes: City council revives ring road, wider Wonderland Road plans
What for decades has been the butt of a joke at city hall about missed opportunities suddenly became a little more serious Tuesday after politicians endorsed lobbying Queen’s Park for a ring road. In a 12-3 vote, city council, sitting as the strategic priorities and policy committee, voted to support having the mayor and city […]
‘Disconnect’ cited as city councillors fire integrity commissioner
London city councillors voted Tuesday to fire the city’s integrity commissioner, citing concerns with some of the work the firm has done and the positions it has staked out. Meeting as the strategic priorities and policy committee, councillors voted 9-6 to can the civic watchdog by providing a 30-day notice to terminate its contract. “Having […]
Is city council seriously about to start pushing again for a ring road?
“(It) would be a step backwards.”