The future of dozens of London-region rural post offices could soon be in play, as a moratorium on closing rural postal outlets is lifted.
The future of dozens of London-region rural post offices could soon be in play, as a moratorium on closing rural postal outlets is lifted.
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David Ellerby has played the Last Post at the Woodstock Cenotaph on Remembrance Day for more than 15 years.
David Ellerby has played the Last Post at the Woodstock Cenotaph on Remembrance Day for more than 15 years.
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GM bet on an electric future for its now-idled Ingersoll plant. How to plug their lives back in is the question for 1,100 laid-off workers.
GM bet on an electric future for its now-idled Ingersoll plant. How to plug their lives back in is the question for 1,100 laid-off workers.
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From EV investment booms to painful plant closures, history offers cautions.
From EV investment booms to painful plant closures, history offers cautions.
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Londoners should use extreme caution in flooded areas as streams and rivers rise due to warmer temperatures and more rain, officials with the region’s conservation authority say. The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority issued a warning on Wednesday, saying it expects local waterways “to keep rising due to runoff from rain and melting snow” amid […]
Londoners should use extreme caution in flooded areas as streams and rivers rise due to warmer temperatures and more rain, officials with the region’s conservation authority say. The Upper Thames River Conservation Authority issued a warning on Wednesday, saying it expects local waterways “to keep rising due to runoff from rain and melting snow” amid […]
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St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital and Woodstock Hospital have warned of longer-than-normal emergency department wait times.
St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital and Woodstock Hospital have warned of longer-than-normal emergency department wait times.
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"It is turbulent now, but we do not know what the landscape will be like years from now. We ride out storms.”
"It is turbulent now, but we do not know what the landscape will be like years from now. We ride out storms.”
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“Heavy snow” was expected to hit the London region on Sunday, arriving amid a days-long deep freeze that was also expected to drag on well into the work week. Environment Canada issued a “yellow” advisory – the least-severe warning – that called for snow to start falling from Sunday morning to Sunday night, with as […]
“Heavy snow” was expected to hit the London region on Sunday, arriving amid a days-long deep freeze that was also expected to drag on well into the work week. Environment Canada issued a “yellow” advisory – the least-severe warning – that called for snow to start falling from Sunday morning to Sunday night, with as […]
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Total job losses will reach 500 since last spring as president awaits funding allocation.
Total job losses will reach 500 since last spring as president awaits funding allocation.
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The science-fiction fantasy of human-like robot working next to flesh and blood people is becoming a reality on the shop floor of the Toyota automotive assembly plant in Woodstock. The automaker is buying three humanoid robots, quaintly called Digit, to carry goods and stack shelves in the plant, the automaker announced. Robot technology is not […]
The science-fiction fantasy of human-like robot working next to flesh and blood people is becoming a reality on the shop floor of the Toyota automotive assembly plant in Woodstock. The automaker is buying three humanoid robots, quaintly called Digit, to carry goods and stack shelves in the plant, the automaker announced. Robot technology is not […]
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