Tag: Ontario government
Jack Riddell, former Ontario agriculture minister, dies at age 92
Jack Riddell, Ontario’s former minister of agriculture and food, died on Tuesday.
Government delays stall Londoner’s plan to build new house: ‘So much red tape’
All he wanted to do was replace a deteriorated home. But a year and a half after getting an OK from the city and months of red tape delays from the province, a London man will have to wait through the winter to get shovels in the ground.
Ontario’s slow, 40-year march to beer and wine sales in corner stores
The provincial government announced Thursday that beginning in 2026, beer and wine sales will be expanded to all grocery stores and corner stores, what it calls the largest change in alcohol sales in Ontario’s history.
The proposed 2024 London city budget, unveiled Monday, may be overridden and changed dramatically by Morgan under new powers handed down by the Ontario government.
Mayor Josh Morgan will have unprecedented, sweeping new powers over city spending in this year’s budget.
London failed to meet its province-set housing target. Whose fault is that?
City politicians want Queen’s Park to change how it measures its housing targets for municipalities, claiming London received a “failing grade” based on elements outside of its control.