Southwestern Ontario measles cases spike, again, with kids most affected

The London Free Press
Confirmed cases of measles have spiked over the past two days in one area of Southwestern Ontario amid an outbreak declared last month.
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Letters to the Editor: February 20, 2025

The London Free Press
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Ontario election: Five things to know about early voting

The London Free Press
Three days of advance polling in Ontario’s Feb. 27 election open Thursday. Here’s all you need to know if you want to cast your ballot ahead of time. Jonathan Juha reports.  THE BIG PICTURE  With one week to go in Ontario’s snap election, its first mid-winter vote in 44 years and the first early election […]
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Brookside Public School holds public speaking competition

The Lucknow Sentinel

A time honoured tradition of public speaking continues at Brookside Public School. The school’s public speaking competition was held on Feb. 6 and what a success it was. There were many first-time speakers in the gym this year. We heard about hockey and hockey teams, snow days, different tractors, Harry Potter, the pet dog, family […]

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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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How much ice is covering the Great Lakes? Altogether, one third

Great Lakes Commission

Michigan’s Great Lakes are 33.19% covered in ice, the highest coverage so far in 2025 with Lake Erie in the lead, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said. Altogether, the Great […]

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Baranyai: Ford’s impact on education defiles Davis’s legacy

The London Free Press
Attacks on education funding and delivery have provoked waves of job action, and destabilized the college system built by his own party.
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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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Dyer: Take Trump’s threat to annex Canada seriously

The London Free Press
Not one Canadian in 10 would freely choose to join the angry, divided U.S., but they may face a long, miserable economic siege to avoid it.
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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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London jobless rate rises to 7.1%, and now Donald Trump’s tariff threat looms

The London Free Press
The London area’s unemployment rate edged up in January despite the region posting strong job gains, new figures show. That marks the third straight month both economic markers have risen – in one case, that’s encouraging; in the other, not so much – for the London region, which also includes St. Thomas, Strathroy and portions […]
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Dyer: Most peaceful time in world history ending

The London Free Press
The erosion of the post-war international rules is real and alarming, but so far, enough people still remember why we made them
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