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Non-profit leader speaks out as city politicians mull cuts to …
8 hours ago · Pillar Nonprofit CEO Maureen Cassidy speaks to city politicians at London city hall on July 18, 2024. (Derek Ruttan/ The London Free Press) London’s non-profits shouldn’t pay the price for a rubber-stamped bloated police budget that’s raising taxes, a 350-organization network says as it launches a campaign against community grant cuts.
National postal strike begins | The Londoner
1 day ago · People making payments can do so in person and all are advised not to put any cheques or documents in the mail until the strike ends. For those expecting Ontario Works cheques, clients are urged to register for direct bank deposits by contacting a coordinator at 519-759-3330. Cheques can be picked up, with photo ID, at 225 Colborne St.
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City budget: Don't expect fights for more cash from London Transit, library. The 2025 city budget update process is now underway. After the tense four-year (2024-27) budget discussions last winter where only London police walked away with everything they wanted – how are London’s other biggest agencies faring with what they got?
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Nov 6, 2024 · City budget: Don't expect fights for more cash from London Transit, library. The 2025 city budget update process is now underway. After the tense four-year (2024-27) budget discussions last winter where only London police walked away with everything they wanted – how are London’s other biggest agencies faring with what they got?
London concerts: Longer, but not louder nights could be in the cards
8 hours ago · Join the conversation. Jimmy Chauveau, lead singer of the Strumbellas, performs in front of a large crowd at Rock the Park in Harris Park in London on Thursday, July 11, 2024. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press) Longer – and thirst-quenchingly wetter – but definitely not louder. Story continues below.
Norwich retirement home at centre of fraud probe closes
4 days ago · Two vehicles are parked at Trillium Care Norwich on Monday, Nov. 11, the day the retirement home announced about two weeks ago as its official closing. Photo by Brian Williams / Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Monday marked the official closing of an Oxford County retirement home at the centre of an alleged fraud investigation.
City budget: Londoners' 2025 property tax pain eased – a little bit
Nov 8, 2024 · An 8.7 per cent tax hike would have added $311 to the property tax bill of the owner of an “average” London home – “average” being one assessed at $252,000. The proposed 7.4 per cent hike in 2025 would mean an increase of $265 for the average home. “There are a number of things that got us to the reduced amount and this is the start ...
Bank of Canada could go bigger on interest rate cuts | The Londoner
Sep 20, 2024 · This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. So far, Bank of Canada officials have cut interest rates three times by increments of 25 basis points since the beginning of June, leaving its benchmark policy rate at 4.25 per cent. Following the most recent cut on Sept. 4, some economists said the bank needed to move ...
Why 2% inflation ain't what it used to be | The Londoner
Oct 1, 2024 · August’s reading was the slowest increase in the consumer price index since February of 2021, opening the door for the central bank to bring more relief to Canadians struggling under higher interest rates.. However, as good as hitting the target is, it is not a magic bullet — mainly because 2 per cent inflation today is a lot different than 2 per cent in 2019, say Royal Bank of Canada ...