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Long-running London Transit Commission dissolved amid leadership concerns
In a vote at city hall Tuesday, the Strategic Priorities and Policy committee (SPPC), which includes all members of council, voted 9-6 in favour of eliminating the London Transit Commission (LTC).
Port Stanley scraps beach parking lot expansion plan after locals said no to paving dunes
The Municipality of Central Elgin will not expand a parking lot on one of Port Stanley's smaller beaches after numerous residents expressed concerns for how the development would jeopardize the area's safety and natural environment.
Cost of living, Canada's sovereignty among top election issues for Londoners
Londoners say they want the next prime minister to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and threats to Canada's sovereignty, curb the high cost of living, make trading easier among provinces and focus on the environment.
Progress on London's open drug use policy, but police stay mum on details
The London Police Service says it's still finalizing details on its strategy to tackle public drug use on city streets and Londoners will learn more about it in the coming weeks.
Seeing more trash in London parks? Volunteers and city officials are playing catch up to clean it
As the temperatures warm up and snow melts, more garbage is visible on London's streets and parks along the Thames River but the city and local volunteer groups are getting ready to tackle the waste in their annual spring cleanup in April.
More money needed to recruit doctors to London, task force head tells councillors
London lags behind other municipalities in recruiting family doctors and needs to increase funding for a task force working to combat a physician shortage in the southwestern Ontario city, where thousands remain without primary care, the group's head told a council committee on Monday.
City council eyes opening a homeless shelter as it quashes funds for Ark Aid drop-in space
A city council committee is considering asking the Ontario government for funds to open a new shelter location in London that would create more spaces for unhoused Londoners and offload the pressures faced by agencies working to bring them indoors during extreme weather.
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Fanshawe art students mix splashes of colour with everyday images in new paint exhibit
A group of Fine Arts students at Fanshawe College's School of Design are the faces behind a new painting exhibition in downtown London this month. The exhibit called "The Beholder" at the TAP Centre for Creativity, features paintings by 17 second-year students.
Tenants and advocates cautiously optimistic that new city bylaw will curb renovictions
Advocates representing low-income tenants say the City of London's new bylaw aimed to crack down on unlawful renovictions — evictions under the guise of renovations — is a step in the right direction, but lacks specific protections for tenants compared to other Ontario municipalities.
New documentary takes deep dive into 'unique' niche of Great Lakes commercial fisheries in Ontario
A marine researcher from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia has taken a deep dive into North America's largest freshwater commercial fishing fleet, in Ontario's Great Lakes, with the new documentary Last Boat on the Lake.