Letters to the Editor: February 20, 2025

The London Free Press
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Take Me to . . . Hozier: Rock the Park lands Irish superstar

The London Free Press
London summer music festival Rock The Park will start with a bang on its opening night when Hozier hits the stage at Harris Park. The Irish singer will headline the festival’s first night on Tuesday, July 8, RBC Rock the Park announced Wednesday. Canadian pop-rock band Marianas Trench from Vancouver and Canadian indie pop band […]
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$7B EV battery plant looms large in south London industrial project

The London Free Press
The lure of landing new jobs tied to Volkswagen’s $7-billion EV battery plant is driving a move by city councillors to seek the province’s help in fast-tracking a proposed industrial development south of Highway 401. City council’s planning and environment committee voted unanimously Wednesday for the city to request a minister’s zoning order (MZO) to […]
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Trade barriers: Red tape between provinces costing London area $1.4B

The London Free Press
Barriers to trading goods between provinces could be costing the wider London area as much as $1.4 billion in lost production a year, a national economist says.
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How much ice is covering the Great Lakes? Altogether, one third

Great Lakes Commission

Michigan’s Great Lakes are 33.19% covered in ice, the highest coverage so far in 2025 with Lake Erie in the lead, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said. Altogether, the Great […]

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Ontario election: Group urges voters to turn homeless crisis into key issue

The London Free Press
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario.  Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
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Dyer: Donald Trump turning the world away from peace

The London Free Press
The bedrock on which the entire post-1945 system was built is the inviolability of borders.
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Letters to the Editor: February 13, 2025

The London Free Press
If CUPW and the federal government don't reach a contract settlement before May 22, we may experience another postal strike.
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Here are the ships that went through the Soo Locks the most in 2024

Great Lakes Commission

The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie are a critical piece to the ever-important Great Lakes shipping industry. Each year, from late March through mid-January of the next year, hundreds […]

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Tariff threat: Southwestern Ontario cities among nation’s most exposed

The London Free Press
From Windsor to Waterloo region, four area cities rank among those in Canada that would be hardest-hit by U.S. tariffs, a new report shows.
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Dyer: Take Trump’s threat to annex Canada seriously

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Not one Canadian in 10 would freely choose to join the angry, divided U.S., but they may face a long, miserable economic siege to avoid it.
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