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 […]

Tariffs landed with a thud in Ontario’s industrial heartland Thursday, shuttering one major automaker and spreading uncertainty among smaller automotive parts suppliers across the London. The U.S. held to its pledge to punish manufacturers shipping goods south of the border, charging a 25 per cent tariff on automobiles, tariffs on some automotive parts in addition […]

Lanes in both directions of Highway 402 were closed Wednesday morning as Ontario Provincial Police officers carried out a “sudden death investigation,” officials said. The highway was closed between Nauvoo and Forest roads, according to Lambton OPP. It’s part of a morning of havoc on 400-series highways across the storm-hit London region. “It has caused […]

Canadians have been plunged into a snap federal election after newly minted Prime Minister Mark Carney, heading a minority Liberal government, called the vote for April 28 amid the unfolding Canada-U.S. trade war. Here are key things to know about the contests in the 10-riding London region. THE SCORECARD When Parliament was dissolved and the […]

An Ontario ice cream manufacturer is freezing its prices, a response to the U.S. trade war it says is the greatest threat to Canada’s sovereignty since the Second World War.  Chapman’s Ice Cream, the largest independent ice cream manufacturer in the country, is vowing not to increase prices for customers for the remainder of 2025 as U.S. […]