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A London tech entrepreneur with an eye for sustainability has given 50 employees each a $5,000 e-bike – a quarter-million-dollar thank-you after selling his…

City engineers believe empowering property owners in established neighbourhoods to collectively plot the path forward will reduce opposition to future sidewalk installations.

A pilot project that would bring e-scooter sharing to London streets got a rough ride from city hall’s Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC).

Article content City council is set to navigate a bumpy political path. All but one politician on council’s civic works committee on Monday recommended city hall forge ahead with new sidewalks on nearly a dozen streets — two saying they regret veering from that stance in the past — despite a barrage of neighbourhood opposition. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or City council enters rocky political terrain: Neighbourhood sidewalks Back to vide...

Another summer, another sidewalk debate. It might seem like the same old, same old to Londoners not involved in the debate, but the continued conflict over sidewalk construction is actually about how we define our city, people on both sides say We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. ANALYSIS: What were really talking about when we talk about sidewalks Back to video “This is systemic ableism and we have an opportunity to dismantle it,” says Jay Menard...

  LONDON, ONT. -- Accessibility advocates are pressing city council to stick to its sidewalk installation policy, in the face of mounting opposition from homeowners. There’ll be a showdown next week between organizations fighting for more sidewalks, and neighbourhoods actively opposing their installation across lawns and driveways, at a special meeting of council’s Civic Works Committee. “It’s an active decision to exclude,” says Jay Menard, Chair of the Accessibly Advisory Commi...