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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Ontario election: Group urges voters to turn homeless crisis into key issue

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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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Nearly 50 measles cases in areas east of London: Health units

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Measles cases have quadrupled in one area east of London and more than doubled in a second area since outbreaks were declared two weeks ago, health officials said Tuesday. There are nearly 50 cases in several counties, doctors for two area health units said at a virtual news conference. Ninh Tran, medical officer of health […]
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Canada’s new border-watching Black Hawk helicopter touches down in London

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A pivotal new piece of Canada’s border security arsenal was on display at London International Airport Tuesday.
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Dyer: Take Trump’s threat to annex Canada seriously

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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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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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The American parent of London’s Accuride Canada plant squeezed money out of the local manufacturer and “drove it into the ground,” throwing more than 200 people out of work, the union representing its

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The American parent of London’s Accuride Canada plant squeezed money out of the local manufacturer and “drove it into the ground,” throwing more than 200 people out of work, the union representing its workers charges. Unifor Local 27 is questioning the economics of the looming closing of Accuride Canada. The London plant on Firestone Boulevard […]
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Five things to know about that $200 Ontario cheque in your mailbox

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Promised by Premier Doug Ford last fall, $200 cheques are now landing in mailboxes across Ontario. Heather Rivers reports on what you need to know about them.
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LHSC’s innovative off-site surgical centre to triple in size

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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?

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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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