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London city council: Yes to annual tenant fair, no to public pest control
City hall will not move ahead on a public pest control team, but it will make a tenant fair an annual event, politicians decided Tuesday night. In a series of split votes, city council rejected reviewing the city’s property standards bylaw enforcement protocols in a 12-3 vote, and exploring a publicly funded pest extermination team […]
What’s behind the surge of new Indian restaurants in London?
Move over, butter chicken: A wave of new Indian restaurants in London has hugely expanded the dishes you can sample from the subcontinent.
South Bruce voters support willing host status for DGR
(Contributed by Midwestern Newspaper Staff) Eligible voters in South Bruce voted in favour of declaring the community a willing host for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) Deep Geologic Repository … Continue reading South Bruce voters support willing host status for DGR
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City council steers new homeless ‘drop-in spaces’ away from main streets
Politicians have voted to further crack down on where the city’s homeless can lay their head, specifically in business districts. Not only will encampments and service depots for their residents have to be located roughly a football field’s distance from any residential property line, but resting spaces also will be barred from the main streets […]
Accused upset, fearful after bush party shooting, friend testifies
The video played for murder trial witness Mackenna Bain showed her talking to a London police officer about a week after Josue Silva was shot to death. By then, Bain already had made a couple of police statements. In the first one, she didnât talk about anything beyond an argument over a spilled drink and […]
Court freezes assets of London financial advisor accused of $2M fraud
A court order has been issued to freeze the assets of a former London financial advisor accused of defrauding more than a dozen clients out of nearly $2 million. London police arrested Robert (Randy) Hawken, 66, on Sept. 12 and charged him with fraud over $5,000 and possessing property obtained by crime valued at more […]
Owen Sound council against apartment proposal south of city
The owner of a 76-unit building south of Owen Sound says there are no immediate plans for redevelopment after a Niagara Escarpment development permit application for the property came before Owen Sound council on Monday. Max Taylor, who owns the property just to the north of the Stone Tree Golf Course, said Tuesday he was […]
Two sent to London hospital, damage pegged at $500K after farmhouse blaze
ELIMVILLE â Two occupants of an Elimville home destroyed by fire late escaped out a second-storey window, South Huronâs fire chief said. Both were taken to hospital in London with injuries not considered life-threatening, Chief Jeremy Becker added. No one else was in the home when the fire broke out, he said. The South Huron […]
Most Owen Sound transit fares, passes to increase in 2025
It will be a little more expensive to ride a bus in Owen Sound come 2025. On Monday, Owen Sound council approved an operations committee recommendation to increase city transit fares by 25 cents and monthly passes by $2.50. The city will also add day pass, 10-pass and semester pass options, and continue the affordability pass […]
PHOTOS: Laurier vs St. Thomas Aquinas, TVRA senior girls basketball
The Laurier Rams and St. Thomas Aquinas Flames played in TVRA senior girls basketball at STA in London on Monday. Photos by LFP’s Derek Ruttan druttan@postmedia.com