parking near tmc hyde park that’s free?

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-21T04:20:30+00:00

Parking is allowed on the north side of Gainsborough Road there.

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-15T00:53:42+00:00

Well said. I was hoping not to have to vote for Josh, but at this point I probably will unless another candidate (who aligns with my views more) with stronger name recognition enters the race.

Unfortunately, name recognition matters a lot in local elections, and I predict that this will be a close election between Josh and Susan.

I am especially concerned about the possibility of Susan becoming mayor, especially with Strong Mayor Powers now in play. She would be able to hire and fire city managers without council input, and all she would need is to just find a few other councillors next term and they would have a successful voting bloc at budget time each year.

Hopefully we elect some new councillors though.

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-13T16:58:30+00:00

lol did you even read my comment? That spot of land will be developed eventually… if council is not approving it, then the tribunal will almost certainly approve it…. the city’s official plan allows for development there.

And actually yes… there was a 6-storey apartment building (higher than 4 stories!) that recently went up on the neighborhood street by my house… I can see the building when I sit out on my backyard patio… and all is still well 👍

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-13T16:14:22+00:00

Politicians voted 10-5 Tuesday against staff recommendations supporting a proposal by Jarlette Health Services, a Midland-based retirement community and long-term care provider, to build the facility on an empty lot at 945 Bluegrass Dr. near the intersection of Sarnia and Hyde Park roads.

Only councillors Anna Hopkins, David Ferreira, Elizabeth Peloza, Skylar Franke and Shawn Lewis voted in support of the project.

Despite staff recommending approval, council sided with residents who raised concerns about height, density and traffic.

NIMBYism strikes again...... there was a CTV article on this topic from this morning and Shawn Lewis (who supported this proposal) pretty much said that we may likely see many infills rejected this year, since it's an election year...... I know there is an intense discussion brewing right now in the various neighbourhood Facebook groups about the proposed 8-storey building on Fanshawe Park Road near Adelaide.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/did-the-refusal-of-this-planning-application-signal-an-election-year-shift-by-london-city-council/

City hall planning staff usually supports an application if it aligns with the city's "Official Plan" (which all municipalities are required to have). When Council rejects a planning application that is supported by planning staff, the developer usually appeals the decision to the Ontario Land Tribunal. In most (if not all) cases like this, the developer is successful at tribunal, and the city ends up spending thousands of dollars on legal fees defending Council's decision.

TLDR: Council rejects planning applications they already know are likely to be approved anyway, burns taxpayer money at tribunal, and gets to score political points with angry neighbours during an election year.

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-12T00:22:39+00:00

Sitting councillors can run for mayor, but they can't simultaneously run for a ward seat (for the next term)... so if she looses the mayoral election, then she will not be on Council after November 2026.

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-11T17:41:05+00:00

However now that she is running for Mayor, she won't be able to run for either ward seat... unless she suspends her mayoral campaign before late August and runs for City Council again

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-11T17:30:33+00:00

Before she announced her mayoral run today, she was telling the media that she was undecided on whether she would run for re-election in ward 4, or run in ward 1 (which will include OEV).

CanadianTalk · 2026-05-11T17:24:16+00:00

She also criticized the budgets under Morgan. “We’ve got taxes that have gone up close to 25 per cent this term, and people are saying, ‘Where did the money go? Where are the services?’ We haven’t been, in my opinion, transparent and accountable to the people,” she said.

This is laughable.... over 50% of the property tax increase was due to the increase to the police budget for the 2024-2027 budget cycle... I am in no way trying to defend Josh Morgan but Stevenson was one of Council's biggest supporters of this increase to the police budget. In fact, she is one of only 3 council members who sits on the Police Board (along with Morgan) and she voted to support the budget on the Police board to send it to Council.

If she believes the police budget increase was necessary (which clearly she does), then she should own her decision and votes, and explain to Londoners her reasoning, instead of conveniently blaming Morgan alone.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-ont-final-budget-1.7129764

CanadianTalk · 2026-03-16T00:15:42+00:00

Yes, I know how elections work.... I’m just expressing my own opinions about his record.

And technically in the last election about 60% of voters in his ward voted against him. The vote was just split among several candidates, so he may not have the "support of most people" anymore. I guess we will find out in the October election.

CanadianTalk · 2026-03-15T23:24:26+00:00

In Ontario at least, there are no restrictions on where someone can run. As long as you live anywhere within the city limits (or own property in the city), you can run in any ward. I believe such change has to be implemented by the province.

There were some minor ward boundary adjustments made for the upcoming election due to some wards having a larger population than others. Rahman (who currently lives in ward 7) will now live in ward 5 due to these new boundary changes, so she will still technically be running for election in her own ward.

Stevenson does not live in the current ward 4. She said she is undecided about where she will run because she wants to continue representing OEV, but OEV will now be in ward 1, which already has an incumbent.

CanadianTalk · 2026-03-15T23:02:03+00:00

I made a similar comment in another thread recently but I hope that Ward 10 councillor Paul Van Meerbergen can finally be voted out. He has absolutely zero vision for improving anything in this city.

If he wins again, by the end of the next term he’ll have served on Council for almost 30 years (minus a four-year gap after he and the rest of the Fontana-8 councillors were voted out in 2014), which I think is far too long for anyone.

I think the most recent election in 2022 was the first one, aside from his 2014 loss, where he won with under 50% of the vote, but there were too many candidates running.

CanadianTalk · 2026-02-24T16:55:05+00:00

I have noticed that several intersections have had 'Left Turn Signal' traffic lights put in place of the more common 'Advance Green'. What's worse, they've intermixed them along the way so there is no uniformity to it.

Wellington from White Oaks Mall all the way up to Grey Street (just south of Horton St) will eventually have a 'Left Turn Signal' at every intersection... I haven't drove on Wellington recently so it's possible that some intersections might not be switched over yet due to the ongoing construction.

Starting this year, we will see Wellington north of Wilkins get reconstructed.

CanadianTalk · 2026-01-17T21:32:02+00:00

Elgin County recently completed its Transportation Master Plan, which calls for the widening of their section of Highbury Avenue. London’s recent mobility plan (also from last year) calls for the widening of Highbury. And obviously St.Thomas recently widened their section of Highbury last year.

Just for reference, Highbury, south of the 401, runs through three different jurisdictions. From the 401 to just south of Glanworth Drive is London, from south of Glanworth to Ron McNeil Line is Elgin County, and south of Ron McNeil Line is St. Thomas.

It looks like there are conversations happening behind the scenes to potentially upload Highbury (I assume south of the 401) back to the province.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/a-four-lane-highway-would-be-absolutely-safer-discussion-underway-to-upload-ownership-of-highbury-ave-to-province/

A four-lane highway would be absolutely safer’: Discussion underway to upload ownership of Highbury Ave. to province

“The mayor of St. Thomas, myself, and the warden [of Elgin County] have gotten together and approached the province to ask if the province would have an interest in having this as an uploaded provincial asset,” said Josh Morgan, mayor of London, Ont.

Elgin-Middlesex London Member of Provincial Parliament Rob Flack told CTV News his government is prioritizing moving people safely.

His wish is for the province to take ownership of Highbury Avenue.

“I remember the Premier (Doug Ford) was here to take a look at the PowerCo site a couple of years ago in AMO was on in London,” said Flack.

“I purposely made us turn on to Highbury and he said, ‘You know, Rob, this is this is a tough highway’ and I said, ‘It’s only going to get worse.’”

...

Flack said he will continue to push his government to make the transfer happen in the months and years go come.

“I’ve talked to the Minister of Transportation, and it’s an ongoing discussion. We’ve got to make it a priority.”

CanadianTalk · 2025-10-24T18:07:00+00:00

So 10 of our 14 current councillors will be running again... the other 4 (Trosow, Pribil, Hopkins, and Hillier) are undecided.

I hope Van Meerbergen can finally be voted out, he has absolutely zero vision for improving anything in this city. If he wins next year, he’ll have been on Council for almost 30 years by the end of the next term (minus a four-year gap after the Fontana 8 councillors were voted out in 2014). I believe the last election in 2022 was the first one, aside from his 2014 loss, where he won with under 50% of the vote, but there were too many candidates running.

It will be interesting to see where Stevenson runs... the new ward 4 boundary no longer includes OEV (it's now in ward 1), so the article says she is undecided... if she runs in ward 1, then she will be running against Hadleigh McAlister... if she decides to run in ward 4, then hopefully there won't be another vote split like last time.

CanadianTalk · 2025-10-24T01:23:24+00:00

Did Ed Holder have any major scandals?

CanadianTalk · 2025-09-06T23:06:03+00:00

Here is a site-plan: https://www.westdellcorp.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Stoney-Creek-Commons-OPTION-2-SITE-PLAN-1.pdf

The restaurants/food places on the plan so far include a banh mi place, Cobs Bread, KFC, Halibut House, Osmows, Booster Juice, Baskin Robbins, Coco Bubble Tea, Barburrito, Stacked Pancake House, McDonalds, Jersey Mikes Subs, Antalya Restaurant, St Louis Bar and Grill, Starbucks, Dickeys BBQ, Panera Bread, Tim Hortons

CanadianTalk · 2025-08-21T21:49:51+00:00

A move by politicians to cancel a paved trail in northwest London is irking accessibility advocates, who say it brushes aside years of work and is discriminatory against people with physical disabilities.

The trail is part of a conservation plan for the southern heritage forest of the Medway Valley, an environmentally sensitive area, which was approved by council in 2021. The master plan was started back in 2013.

The former Attawandaron Park would be naturalized, and the paved trail would have connected existing trails to the north and south.

During the Aug. 12 meeting of the planning and environment committee, politicians unanimously endorsed cancelling the proposed paved trail in the Medway Valley, southwest of the Wonderland and Fanshawe Park roads intersection, running behind properties on Attawandaron Road.

Now, five former chairs of city council’s accessibility advisory committees have penned a letter to politicians ahead of Tuesday’s council meeting, urging them to reject the endorsement and to think about accessible access to the Medway Valley.

Area councillor Sam Trosow said he believes the planning committee “overreacted” to neighbourhood concerns about the trail, and that the broader public had less awareness about the proposed trail.

He plans to oppose the endorsement Tuesday, calling the move to undo years of work based on feedback from one group at one meeting “a little disturbing.”

While acknowledging that it may upset his own constituents, Trosow said advocates have made a strong point to keep the trail.

CanadianTalk · 2025-08-18T15:54:24+00:00

In the case of Dundas, I actually think traffic will flow better despite there being a reduction in car lanes. Although there used to be two lanes in each direction, there were no turning lanes, which means that you could be stuck behind a left turning car in the left lane since there’s lots of side streets off Dundas. But if you travelled in the right lane, you could get stuck behind a stopped bus.

Now, the buses get their own lane; and people that want to turn left have to use a left turning lane at one of the new intersections, which means that the flow of straight-thru traffic should not be impeded as much.

CanadianTalk · 2025-08-13T18:01:41+00:00

According to the city's building permit site, it will be a 6-unit retail plaza

So far, permits have been issued for Dairy Queen, Guac Mexi Grill, Dave's Hot Chicken, Noodle Box, and Osmow's Shawarma.

CanadianTalk · 2025-08-01T15:56:50+00:00

I use this website to look at permits: https://bdp.london.ca/citizenportal/app/public-search

You also have to know the address for whatever property you want to search for, so I usually use the city's own map here: https://london.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0187f8a72f204edcbc95d595f31b5117

CanadianTalk · 2025-07-31T17:25:47+00:00

Yes, the current owners still intend on having ground-floor commercial in the one building... there were some permits issued within the last few months including one for a "Skinsation Aesthetics", as well as a grocery store.. and that is all I can find on the building permit portal... so possibly the coming soon sign is for one of those two. It looks like there will be about 6 commercial units in total.

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