Fighting City Hall for Vimy Ridge Park
Photo Credit Mike Hensen, The London Free Press
By Dan Brown, The London Free Press Monday, February 20, 2017 original version here: http://www.lfpress.com/2017/02/20/london-city-hall-staff-are-recommending-no-to-two-groups-trying-to-get-parks-named-after-canadas-nation-forging-first-world-war-victory-in-france
Two different groups hoping to honour First World War veterans want London politicians to do something they rarely do — overrule the bureaucrats.
Shawn Lewis is the outreach chair for the Argyle Community Association. He and others would like to have a small strip of land officially named Vimy Ridge Park this year, after the nation-defining First World War battle for Canadians whose 100th anniversary is this spring.
“Everything is in place and the city hasn’t had to spend a dime,” said Lewis.
In fact, the land in question, next to the Charlie Fox roundabout at Hale and Trafalgar streets, named after a Second World War fighter pilot, is already Vimy Ridge Park as far as the locals are concerned. Continue Reading
2016 Year in Review Friday Roundtable
It’s the AM980 Friday Roundtable 2016 Year in Review, with “the Political Insiders” Shawn Lewis & Stewart Blair, former City Councillor Cheryl Miller, and AM980’s Craig Needles:
Talking London’s World Junior Hockey bid & value of tourism on @LdnOntTV
Host Shawn Lewis, John Winston of Tourism London and Ryan Robinson of “the Wrap” Knight’s Post Game Show
Watch the clip from the show here: http://rogerstv.com/show?lid=12&rid=9&sid=4756&gid=265893
When it’s time for a new City Manager
If London was left wondering what happened at City Hall’s special meeting about the City Manager and the Police Services Board on Friday, I think the best way to sum it up is, this isn’t over…
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The AM980 Friday Roundtable talking Mayoral polling results, Firefighters, Electoral Reform, and Minimum Wage
Season Premiere of LdnOntTV with Shawn Lewis, Season 2
Jan 14, 2016 #LdnOnt TV with Cheryl Miller
Now Hosting #LdnOnt on Rogers TV
I am honoured to be the new host, as of January 2016, on #LdnOnt TV London. The #LdnOnt TV show talks about current affairs in London (and the occasional provincial or federal topic) as seen through Londoner’s discussions on social media.
Lots of traditions of #LdnOnt will be sticking around. Each week I’ll still have a guest on with me, we’ll still have “shout outs”, and your tweets will still be a part of the show. But we’re also trying some new things. We’re going to be trying to include more facebook, along with twitter chat. The show will be a bit more political, and because I’m someone who would consider himself a bit left of centre, some guests will be returning semi-regularly to talk about the issues from a right of centre view, and we might not always agree.
And as my twitter profile will tell you, I’m a sci-fi and comic book geek, hockey fan and volunteer, and cool uncle, on top of being a political animal. So, don’t expect a button down and tie, the t-shirts will tell that tale.
I hope you’ll tune in, we’re live, Thursday nights at 9:30pm (and sometimes delayed if the Knights game runs late, but I’m okay with that, I can catch the end of the game in studio). And be part of the conversation with us. On twitter at: @LdnOntTV. On Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LdnOntTV/?ref=hl
School Board Trustee Candidates call for lower speed limits near schools
Speed limits in school zones should be lowered, several trustee and ward candidates say.
“Many municipalities in Canada and Europe do this, and we should ask, ‘Why not London? Why not give parents a sense of safety in school zones?’” said Jake Skinner, running for the Thames Valley District school board in the area that includes wards 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13.
Skinner has reached out to fellow trustee candidate Shawn Lewis (running in wards 1, 11, 12 and 14) as well as council candidates Virginia Ridley (Ward 10), Nancy McSloy (Ward 2), Tanya Park (Ward 13), Anna Hopkins (Ward 9) and Josh Morgan (Ward 7).
Read the Full Story At: http://www.lfpress.com/2014/10/22/london-school-board-trustee-candidates-call-for-lower-speed-limits-near-schools
Slow Down for Schools Candidates Say
LONDON–A pedestrian struck by a car traveling 30 km/h has a 90 per cent chance of survival. At 40 km/h this drops to 60 per cent and the chance of survival reduces even further as the speed increases. Toronto, Kitchener, Guelph, and major cities across North America have adopted lower school zone speed limits as a strategy to protect kids.