Trade barriers: Red tape between provinces costing London area $1.4B

The London Free Press
Barriers to trading goods between provinces could be costing the wider London area as much as $1.4 billion in lost production a year, a national economist says.
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What if they held an Ontario election and nobody noticed?

The London Free Press
Ontarians will be headed to the polls next week, and you’d be forgiven for not noticing. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, seeking a third straight majority mandate, triggered a snap election more than a year before the scheduled vote, plunging Ontario into a subdued campaign hampered by blizzard conditions and drowned out by U.S. President […]
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Ontario election: Group urges voters to turn homeless crisis into key issue

The London Free Press
A grassroots group of municipal politicians is urging voters to make homelessness a provincial election issue, with the equivalent of a city larger than Sarnia living on the street across Ontario.  Calling the encampments that have cropped up in municipalities big and small in recent years a “human rights crisis,” the Ontario Coalition for the […]
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ANALYSIS: In a Trump tariff trade war, even Canadian ‘winners’ will end up losing

The London Free Press
Could some Canadian and Southwestern Ontario businesses benefit from U.S. tariffs? Not really, experts say.
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Cornies: Canadian ire over U.S. tariff threats not easily assuaged

The London Free Press
It's hard to imagine now, but for a teenage Southwestern Ontario farm boy in the 1960s, finding Canadian-made products wasn't difficult.
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After hospital gunfire, AI-powered weapon detectors coming soon to London ERs

The London Free Press
Artificial intelligence-powered weapons detectors are coming soon to London emergency rooms, an internal email to hospital staff says.
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Is it just us, or have London’s sidewalks been really brutal this winter?

The London Free Press
Recent freeze-thaw cycles are shining a harsh light on London city hall's winter operations as residents, especially those with mobility issues, grow frustrated with treacherous sidewalks
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If you’re happy and you know it . . . you likely don’t live in London

The London Free Press
A new survey by Statistics Canada shows only about four in 10 Londoners say they have a high level of satisfaction with their lives
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Ontario election: What you need to know to vote

The London Free Press
Ontario's snap winter election is sending voters to the polls Feb. 27, 15 months earlier than the previously scheduled general election. Here's the 101 on voting essentials. 
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Peavey Mart: Why a 90-store farm retail chain is disappearing

The London Free Press
The company’s sudden announcement begs the question: What is happening in the farm retail sector across the country?
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Autumn McGowan – Program Specialist

Great Lakes Commission

Autumn McGowan serves as a program specialist for the Great Lakes Commission’s aquatic invasive species team. In this role she supports the work of GLC’s

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Winter elections: The good, the bad and the (mostly) ugly

The London Free Press
Here’s what you need to know about the rare dead-of-winter vote as candidates hit the icy campaign trail.  
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