Southwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario mayors are bracing for job losses due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, but remain optimistic

March was a busy month for sales, London- area car dealerships say, as Trump’s trade war and automotive tariffs rattle consumers.  

Trump tariffs poised to hammer Canada’s auto industry could slash the London region automotive workforce by half, as the cost of exports to the U.S. will spike, industry observers say. With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 jobs may be lost within weeks of tariffs being imposed, they said. That […]

Prime Minister Mark Carney made a quick stop in London on Wednesday but didn't take any questions from reporters

Prime Minister Mark Carney made a quick stop in London on Wednesday but didn't take any questions from reporters

A measles outbreak that has infected scores of unvaccinated children in Southwestern Ontario reportedly had its start at a Mennonite religious gathering in New Brunswick last year. In a March 7 letter to Ontario’s health units, the province’s chief medical officer of  health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said there was “an exposure at a large gathering […]

Goodbye housing and homelessness, hello Captain Canada.

We're still neighbours with the U.S., but trust, respect and friendships are in peril

“When you do the data and you do it well, you can see the improvement,” says one participant

Most of us are thinking it. But we're not saying it quite as loudly.

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, […]