Volkswagen has dodged the tariff and trade dispute between Canada and the U.S. and its manufacturing plant being built in St. Thomas will proceed full speed ahead, the city’s economic development boss says. Electric-vehicle batteries made in St. Thomas will be tariff-free under recent changes to the trade policy announced by the U.S., auto industry […]

Ontario’s Ministry of Labour is investigating a workplace mishap after a 23-year-old worker from West Grey was transported by Air Ornge to a trauma centre in London with serious injuries Tuesday.  A ministry spokeswoman said in a brief statement that the worker, who was employed by JT Excavating, was injured by a piece of machinery […]

The London region’s jobless rate improved significantly last month, dropping nearly a half-percentage point to 6.6 per cent – a sliver of economic optimism amid fears Donald Trump’s tariff threats could soon exact a heavy toll. The jobless rate for the London region, which includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and parts of Elgin and Middlesex counties, […]