The Dungannon Agricultural Society is in dire need of committed volunteers, or it could be forced to disband. “People are panicking a little bit,” society president Dave Sjaarda said in a March 19 phone interview, describing the community’s reaction to the news. In a letter posted to the society’s social media on March 13, the […]
Home construction in London fell off a cliff to start the year, with housing starts down by 64 per cent in February.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees fired in February were responsible for managing invasive sea lamprey. Without their control efforts, sea lamprey populations threaten the Great Lakes fishery. Read the […]
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t until Monday, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from getting an early start on Irish-themed celebration Saturday. The German Club on Cove Road hosted Tis All Irish, an all-day event organized by the London Irish cultural Society and London Irish Folk Club, that drew around 600 people to the Cove […]
You can blame the European colonial powers for redrawing the borders in the region in 1918-20 after the collapse of the Ottoman empire.
The bankruptcy of a Volkswagen partner in electric vehicle battery production will not threaten the automaker’s St. Thomas investment, industry experts say. The development does, however, demonstrate increasing volatility in the EV sector during this high-tariff automotive environment, and the $7-billion PowerCo EV battery plant in Southwestern Ontario may face future delays, they said. Northvolt, […]
Escalating trade tensions have ignited a new wave of patriotism and desire to 'Buy Canadian' but sustaining the momentum will be a challenge
A rookie London MP who was born in Burundi is one of three new faces in a slimmed-down federal Liberal cabinet unveiled Friday. Arielle Kayabaga, who announced her intention to seek the Liberal nomination in London West almost exactly four years ago during her first term on London city council, was named government House leader and […]
It's unclear so far how the restructuring of Canada's oldest company will shake out in London, but it's hitting local shoppers right in the nostalgia.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed Tuesday to suspend the province’s surcharge on electricity it exports to three states after a top American official extended an “olive branch” in the form of a meeting in Washington to talk free trade. Ford called Tuesday for cooler heads to prevail in the United States’ trade war against Canada, […]