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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Letters to the Editor: November 28, 2024

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Parking at premium
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Man charged in public housing shooting lives in building, court documents show

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A man charged in a shooting at a London public housing building is a resident at the high-rise and had been charged two months earlier with weapons offences in Aylmer, according to court records.
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One arrested, three sought in shooting at London apartment: Police

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London police are searching for three suspects who forced their way into an apartment unit where one of them fired a gun.
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One killed in rural Southwestern Ontario crash: Police

London Free Press
One person is dead after a crash near Ingersoll, Ontario Provincial Police said on Tuesday morning.
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Letters to the Editor: November 23, 2024

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I have another suggestion for something that should not be said to patients.
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Dyer: South Korea could supply Ukraine, but would they?

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The consensus assumption is still that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will force Ukraine to yield to Russia as soon as he takes office on Jan. 20. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself said on Friday once Trump becomes president the war with Russia will “end sooner,” but he didn’t say it

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Talks between Western University, striking TAs break down. But who walked away?

London Free Press
The strike by more than 2,000 Western University graduate teaching assistants dragged into its 12th day on Monday after lengthy weekend contract talks ended with no deal and both sides accusing the other of walking away from bargaining.
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