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Peninsula Housing, the community land trust that operates within Leelanau County, will buy nine of the school’s 40 acres, and plans to develop attainable housing there.

For the first time in nearly 30 years, London is looking at expanding its urban boundary, despite a commitment in its official plan to build “inward and upward” as opposed to sprawling outward. LFP’s Jack Moulton reports. WHAT IS THE URBAN GROWTH BOUNDARY? London’s urban growth boundary is different from the city boundary and regulates […]

There’s no place like home for the holidays – unless it’s Santa’s House in London. With only about 180 days until Christmas, Santa Claus has been at least temporarily evicted and his house is boarded up and on a trailer in a Ridout Street parking lot. Its next destination, if there is one, isn’t clear. […]

We've got the scoop on London shops offering unique flavours, such as ube honeycomb and mangolicious, along with staple spots in the city.

In May, Traverse City cleared “The Pines,” a homeless encampment near Division and 11th streets. Officials promised residents would have places to go - like Safe Harbor or the Goodwill Inn. But did that happen?

Here’s what you need to know about the London region's sweltering weather.

Provincial police closed a Southwestern Ontario beach after a swimmer went missing in Lake Erie over the weekend. Emergency crews were called Sunday shortly after 3 p.m. to Port Burwell beach for a report of two swimmers in distress, Elgin OPP said. One swimmer was pulled to safety and taken to hospital with non-life threatening […]

In the freezer aisle at scores of grocery stores across Canada, shoppers can find golden croquettes stuffed with pulled pork or chicken – a twist on Brazil’s most iconic street food. That’s the signature of Frittos & Co., a London-based frozen snack firm founded by Wallace Franca and Marcelo Braga in 2022. “We produce a […]

Activists said the facility, now open as an immigration detention center, is a profit-driven system that exploits vulnerable communities and called for its closure.

London-area students with speech disorders are waiting up to three years to see a community speech-language therapist – an unacceptable delay that’s causing learning issues, advocates say.

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The association is still suing the developer of Sunkissed Hills, a housing development which violated a soil erosion permit in 2023.