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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Tariff threat: Southwestern Ontario cities among nation’s most exposed

The London Free Press
From Windsor to Waterloo region, four area cities rank among those in Canada that would be hardest-hit by U.S. tariffs, a new report shows.
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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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Letters to the Editor: February 7, 2025

The London Free Press
Doug Ford already has a strong mandate and extending his time as leader won't make him any smarter.
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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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ANALYSIS: Trump tariffs would hammer Ontario auto, agri-food sectors

The London Free Press
Southwestern Ontario may be Ground Zero for the impact U.S. tariffs would have on the provincial economy, national economists warned.
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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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LHSC’s innovative off-site surgical centre to triple in size

The London Free Press
The off-site surgical centre across the street from Victoria Hospital is being expanded to triple its capacity, the province says. The Nazem Kadri surgical centre, named in honour of the NHL star and London native, will be renovated and expanded to add four operating rooms, bringing the total to six. The centre offers daytime, non-urgent […]
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Will the end of electric-vehicle subsidies hurt London-area manufacturers?

The London Free Press
The end of federal government cash subsidies for electric vehicle purchases will likely have little effect in London and region, the hub of EV production in Canada, say automotive industry observers.
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How Southwestern Ontario is losing its winter (and why that should worry you)

The London Free Press
Parts of Southwestern Ontario are losing more than two weeks of sub-zero days each winter due to climate change, a new report says. In London and Middlesex County, there are an average of nine additional above-freezing days each December to February, a trend that may lead to more ice storms and flooding, one renowned climate […]
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Cornies: Trudeau leaves too late, with country vulnerable

The London Free Press
In October 2015, Trudeau led the Liberals to a strong majority government (184 of 338 seats), the second-best performance in the party's history.
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Snowmobiler dies following crash on Huron County farm: OPP

The London Free Press
A 58-year-old from Bluewater is dead after a snowmobile crashed in a farm field north of Exeter, Huron OPP said. The crash happened Wednesday before 4 p.m. near Mill Road west of Brucefield, police said. The snowmobile and its operator were found in a farm field south of Mill Road. Paramedics took the person to […]
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