City council’s code of conduct: One politician, four probes in the past year

London Free Press
Here's how city council's code of conduct works, and who's been in the spotlight.
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Invasive sea lamprey populations spiked during reduced control, report says

Great Lakes Commission
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission said non-native predatory sea lamprey populations spiked due to reduced control during the COVID-19 pandemic. The commission said numbers rose when field crews were constrained […]
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Accused over thumbnails: Inside one family’s digital nightmare

London Free Press
A knock at the door. A police search. A rose gold iPhone. Child pornography allegations. Shocking as the charges were against his son, a Woodstock father says the family ordeal that followed shattered his faith in the justice system. Brian Williams reports. CHAPTER 1: THE SEARCH WARRANT A knock at
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Pearson: Leave loneliness behind for good this holiday season

London Free Press
Something is off. We don't feel quite like who we were as a community just a few years ago.
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Children’s Museum meets cash goal, set to open in new spot in early 2025

London Free Press
Officials with the London Children’s Museum say they've raised enough money to open in their new home early next year.
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Letters to the Editor: November 30, 2024

London Free Press
Fair wages, no bonus
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Glen McNeil’s tenure as Huron County warden comes to a close

The Lucknow Sentinel
After four years serving as Huron County’s warden, Glen McNeil is handing over the gavel. McNeil, the mayor of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, had served a pair of two-year terms as the county’s warden, having first stepped into the role in 2021 and continuing until Nov. 27, 2024, when he presented the chain
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Modest growth in London area home prices, sales in 2025: Forecast

London Free Press
London's housing market is projected to pick up pace in 2025, but don't expect a return to the craze of the pandemic years
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The pandemic is long over. One advocate says parents still can’t go in some schools

London Free Press
Head of the Thames Valley Council of Home and School Associations says some principals are still prohibiting parents and volunteers from going back into London-area public schools.
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Animal shelters struggle with challenges

Great Lakes Echo

By Victor Wooddell Capital News Service Animal shelters in Michigan are at capacity, even while facing staff and resource shortages. According to experts, more animals are being abandoned and too few pet owners are having their animals spayed or neutered. In 2020, adoption rates soared due to pandemic-related stay-at-home orders

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Wray: We know COVID was tough on youth but how did their neighbourhoods help?

London Free Press
Alexander Wray, Western University; Gina Martin, Athabasca University; Jamie Seabrook, Western University; Jason Gilliland, Western University; Kendra Nelson Ferguson, Western University, and Stephanie Coen, University of Nottingham Read More
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Twelve COVID-19 outbreaks ongoing in region, hospitalizations remain low

The Lucknow Sentinel
There are a dozen COVID-19 outbreaks at health care institutions in Grey-Bruce and an uptick in respiratory illness across the province. Test positivity for COVID-19 in Ontario was 20.4 per cent for the period measured between Nov. 12 and Nov. 18, although limited widespread testing presents a challenge with getting
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