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Cottage owners may have a new option for bypassing Highway 401 traffic on their cottage commutes. During a May 13 press conference in Pickering, Ont., Premier Doug Ford announced that … Continued

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In a matter of weeks, more than 250 knives have been seized at London Health Sciences Centre emergency departments.

A London-area pharmacist has been slapped with a three-month suspension over his dispensing of an emergency overdose prevention drug

First Nations groups are asking the Ontario government to reconsider a proposed piece of legislation aimed at fast tracking mining and resource development projects. On April 17, Ontario Premier Doug … Continued

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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 […]

The Ontario government's strong mayor powers, now a couple years old, have been expanded to even more municipalities and some are not happy about it.

Ontario's southwest will bear the brunt of the tariff war between Canada and the U.S., with the London region projected to lose 11,500 jobs, a new Ontario report says.

On April 9, Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation abruptly ended service on the Cassiopeia IV (also known as the Gardiner Ferry) after a Transport Canada inspection deemed it unfit for further … Continued

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Concerns about Ontario’s environmental protections have been raised after a comment made by Premier Doug Ford. During an April 4 press conference in Orillia, Ford, speaking about the need to … Continued

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Greenbelt webinar looks at 20 years of history, the need for ongoing protection, and possible expansion

Two disturbing videos of prisoners recently landed in the news, striking chords of dystopian dissonance.

A London-based vegan fast-food restaurant has raised $2 million to be used, in part, to open manufacturing facilities south of the border