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Fanshawe College is making a one-time cut to 18 winter semester programs following federal cuts to international student study permits that led to a sweeping review of its offerings, a spokesperson says. The college, with campuses in London, Woodstock, St. Thomas, Simcoe and Huron and Bruce counties, is conducting a review to identify which programs […]

Southwestern Ontario may be Ground Zero for the impact U.S. tariffs would have on the provincial economy, national economists warned.

The American parent of London’s Accuride Canada plant squeezed money out of the local manufacturer and “drove it into the ground,” throwing more than 200 people out of work, the union representing its workers charges. Unifor Local 27 is questioning the economics of the looming closing of Accuride Canada. The London plant on Firestone Boulevard […]

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The end of federal government cash subsidies for electric vehicle purchases will likely have little effect in London and region, the hub of EV production in Canada, say automotive industry observers.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is all right but the vehicle he was travelling in got “hammered” when it was hit by another car Wednesday on Highway 401. The collision happened as Ford was on his way back from an announcement at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Bowmanville. The vehicle got “sideswiped,” Ford said. […]

OTTAWA – Agriculture and food processing are among a few sectors that will be exempted from changes the federal government is planning to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program along with strengthened compliance measures. Read More

Now that we've been there, done that and possibly bought the T-shirt, can we all agree to retire "wacko" from the spotlight? It's an odd little throwback of a word: a schoolyard taunt; a synonym of cuckoo, loony, or a silent finger twirled around a temple. Read More

City staff promised to be ready for the next round and politicians vowed to work with MPs for help after London failed to get federal funding to shelter asylum seekers. Read More

Midway through the school day in France, children enjoy a three-course lunch: salad or vegetable appetizer, warm main course, cheese and dessert. A mandatory school meal program in Japan – widely considered the gold standard – delivers wholesome, varied lunches, cooked on site and served by students as young as first grade to their peers. In India, the world's largest school nutrition program feeds a hot meal to 120 million children daily, and is a key strategy to improve literacy, reduce malnutrition, and keep kids in school. Read More

In January, Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced a 35 per cent reduction in the number of international student study permits this year, with the total cap divided among provinces. Read More

It’s too soon to know how the effects of a cap on the number of international students in Canada will affect jobs at Fanshawe College, says the president of a union that represents employees. Read More