Tag: Provincial
Bruce County amends budgets to use development charges money
Bruce County phased in development charges in 2024 and is now using those funds on growth-related capital projects. Bruce County council carried a motion Thursday amending the 2024 and 2025 budgets to include the use of more than $1 million from the Development Charges Obligatory Reserve Fund for growth-related projects that are currently budgeted but […]
‘London First’: How messaging feeds into ideas for a better city
London’s tourism sector is brainstorming about a first-choice city. It’s not alone. This is a follow to Postmedia’s How Canada Wins series.
Golfer, curler named Fanshawe College’s top athletes
Golfer Luke Evans and curler Parker Doig were named Fanshawe College’s athletes of the year at the Falcons’ awards ceremony Thursday.
London jobless rate improves, but U.S. tariffs toll hasn’t yet hit
The London region’s unemployment rate improved in March as the local economy added 2,200 new jobs, a strong showing that doesn’t yet reflect the impact of the trade war between Canada and the U.S. The region’s jobless rate now sits at 5.9 per cent, down from February’s 6.6 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Including […]
London police, city hall crack down on unsafe taxis, for-hire drivers
Nearly three dozen driver’s licences were seized and more than 500 offence notices were issued by London police during a month-long blitz of taxis and ride-share services. Police say over the course of March, officers working in their road safety section alog with city hall bylaw officers conducted a safety campaign targeting on-demand transportation services […]