The London region’s unemployment rate improved in March as the local economy added 2,200 new jobs, a strong showing that doesn’t yet reflect the impact of the trade war between Canada and the U.S. The region’s jobless rate now sits at 5.9 per cent, down from February’s 6.6 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Including […]
Home sales in the London area plummeted in March, new figures show, deepening a slump that’s now run through the first quarter of 2025. Only 508 homes were sold last month in the London area, which also takes in Strathroy, St. Thomas and portions of Middlesex and Elgin counties, the London and St. Thomas Association […]
Odd Burger is walking back plans to expand into America, citing worsening Canada-U.S. relations as a key factor.
Municipal officials and business leaders have launched a push encouraging local support for Strathroy-Caradoc businesses.
London manufacturers fear a “fight” with customers and possible job losses will be the fallout from steel and aluminum tariffs imposed Wednesday on Canadian exports to the U.S. as industry weathered the first day of the latest trade scrap. Businesses buying and selling steel and steel products will be forced to charge customers more as […]
A London-based vegan fast-food restaurant has raised $2 million to be used, in part, to open manufacturing facilities south of the border
U.S. President Donald Trump's 30-day pause on tariffs on Canada-made vehicles did little to ease concerns in the London region's auto sector
Donald Trump says he’s granted a one-month tariff exemption for any vehicles coming through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade
It's a matter of how bad the news will be for the London region auto sector because of U.S. tariffs, not whether it will be bad, many say
SARNIA – Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley is urging city residents to strap in for the long haul as U.S. tariffs took effect Tuesday and Canada announced it will retaliate with levies of its own. “It’s going to be extremely painful, not just for the Americans but for us,” Bradley said. The Sarnia area is home […]