Ontario colleges: Job action looms as two sides remain far apart

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Ontario college students may be out of the classroom as early as Thursday if a deal can't be reached.
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Ontario college faculty union gives notice of labour action Jan. 9

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The union representing Ontario’s college faculties says it could begin some form of labour action next Thursday. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union will be in a legal strike position as of Saturday but has to give five days’ notice before embarking on a strike. OPSEU said it gave the necessary notice Friday. The union […]
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The year in news: LFP’s 50 most-read stories of 2024

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Here are the most-read stories of 2024 from The London Free Press and lfpress.com:
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Record haul for Business Cares food drive: ‘Never ceases to amaze’

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London’s Business Cares food drive closed its helping campaign on Thursday, setting a record for food and money collected
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Londoners step up after Salvation Army call for help – but more needed

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London’s Salvation Army has seen an uptick in support for its Christmas campaign since sounding the alarm about a shortage of both donations and volunteers, officials say, but a "crucial shortfall" remains with one week until Dec. 25.
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Strike threat looms over colleges in Southwestern Ontario, across province

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London's Fanshawe College and its peers across Southwestern Ontario and provincewide are bracing for a strike that could mark the start of 2025 amid a breakdown in labour talks with the union representing faculty and other staffers.
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Police seize 6,000 pot plants after alert from Health Canada

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Police seized thousands of pot plants and more than 300 kilograms of cannabis from a property southwest of St. Thomas.
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Christmas giving in and around London: Who’s in need, how you can help

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It’s called the season of giving for a reason. London-area charities are making a major push to help the less fortunate, collecting everything from food to toys to toiletries to help low-income Londoners, support the city’s homeless or make the holidays brighter for kids in hospital. Here are some of
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London charities’ holiday campaigns feel pinch as Canada Post strike drags on

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The Canada Post strike is forcing London charities to pivot during prime holiday giving season, finding different ways to reach donors that typically drop a cheque in the mail at this time of year.   Both the Business Cares Food Drive, the single-largest annual campaign in support of the London Food
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Area fathers step up to ensure children’s letters get to Santa

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Canada Post strike prompts group of Oxford County dads to help Santa ensure letters to the North Pole are returned before Christmas Eve.
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Canada Post strike: What workers are seeking, what Canadians are missing

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With the notable exception of social security cheques, the only thing being collected in mailboxes across the country these days is dust. Until the dust settles on the strike of 55,000 Canada Post employees that began on Nov. 15, it’s a waiting game as the busiest time of year for
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Letters to the Editor: November 30, 2024

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Fair wages, no bonus
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