Letters to the Editor: February 20, 2025

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Child witness describes ‘bad stuff’ made at alleged luxury home drug lab

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It was a dark-coloured sticky substance that was illegal. “I didn’t know the name of the stuff he was making,” the young school-age child testified at a drug-lab trial. “I knew it was the weed and the syrup and the gummies… and the cigars made out of weed.” It was remarkable testimony from a school-age […]
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Pearson: Elected officials face existential struggle

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When politicians become slaves to their party and can no longer collaborate with those of other views, they become redundant to citizens
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Letters to the Editor: February 13, 2025

The London Free Press
If CUPW and the federal government don't reach a contract settlement before May 22, we may experience another postal strike.
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Witness describes ‘the shop’ in luxury home at alleged drug lab trial

The London Free Press
The room in the large London luxury home was called “the shop.” Inside it were glass tubes and beakers, a box that kind of looked like an oven and a machine “with a glass thing on top of it” to mix liquid in, a woman familiar with the 467 Commissioners Rd. property testified. And the […]
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ANALYSIS: In a Trump tariff trade war, even Canadian ‘winners’ will end up losing

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Could some Canadian and Southwestern Ontario businesses benefit from U.S. tariffs? Not really, experts say.
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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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Letters to the Editor: February 6, 2025

The London Free Press
The U.S. used to be our closest ally and a friendly neighbour, but it has declared an economic war on our country.
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Pro-Canada sales (from the U.S., too) boom at Arva Flour Mill

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Canada’s oldest water-powered flour mill is riding a business boom from the buy-Canadian push prompted by the threatened U.S. trade war. 
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ATM scams cost 95-year-old, two other seniors thousands: OPP

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Provincial police are probing three Huron County ATM scams that cost seniors thousands of dollars. 
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We asked you: How about those $200 Ontario cheques in the mail?

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Amid a snap election, plenty of Londoners we sampled appear skeptical of Ontario's $3-billion mass mail-out of money to virtually everyone.
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Fanshawe chops 18 winter programs as international student numbers drop

The London Free Press
Fanshawe College is making a one-time cut to 18 winter semester programs following federal cuts to international student study permits that led to a sweeping review of its offerings, a spokesperson says. The college, with campuses in London, Woodstock, St. Thomas, Simcoe and Huron and Bruce counties, is conducting a review to identify which programs […]
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