The heart and soul of any city can generally be found in its downtown. That’s where its history (or lack of it) can usually be most readily identified, and where its citizens’ commitment to their city is on best display.
In this election, downtown London hasn’t been much of an issue. Both the leading mayoral candidates [...]

At Monday’s council meeting a proposal was brought forward to provide an exemption to city rules restricting large-scale office development outside the city core.
Some surprising voices were raised in support of the idea, people who, quite frankly, should have known better.
There are 700,000 square feet of empty office space in our downtown. That represents more [...]

It seems London ’s bylaw enforcement people have had another chore laid on them, this time concerning the proliferation of signs on downtown buildings.

A few weeks ago the Voice noted that this particular city department was understaffed for the amount of work they could theoretically be called upon to do.

In The Voice’s short life as a publication we have never had the reaction to any story that we’ve seen to last week’s “Fear and Loathing”. Literally dozens of people have commented about it, most of them supportive of our stance. You can read the article elsewhere on this website, and read several readers’ letters, too.

I was born in London and have lived here almost all my life, but Monday evening, standing on the corner of Dundas and Richmond, the traditional heart of our downtown, I had a unique experience. I felt afraid to be there.