In a matter of weeks, more than 250 knives have been seized at London Health Sciences Centre emergency departments.
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Several historic buildings in downtown London soon could meet the wrecking ball as city politicians endorsed knocking them down for a new highrise. York Developments has applied to demolish six heritage-designated, yellow-brick buildings in the St. George and Ann streets neighbourhood that date to 1859 and were the former home of the Kent Brewery, the […]
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Legal arguments over potential evidence inconsistencies dominated Wednesday morning’s proceedings at the high-profile Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.
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A new affordable housing project in Old East Village targeting newcomers and low-income Londoners received a massive boost Wednesday in the form of a $250,000 donation from London-based Canada Life.
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The Thames Valley District school board’s former education director has been reported to the provincial teaching regulator for alleged “professional breaches,” an audit report showed.
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A member of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team testified he was “never worried” about the woman at the centre of the sexual assault trial involving five of his teammates
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After more than 58 years behind the wheel, 80-year-old London Transit driver Doug Gardiner has retired. In the process, he set a record for both London Transit and the Ontario Safety League for driving 52 years without a preventable crash. Reporter Jack Moulton spoke with Gardiner about his career and his first few months of […]
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As city hall seeks savings to meet Mayor Josh Morgan’s order to cut next year’s proposed tax hike, two politicians have their own idea: Delaying or cancelling bike lane projects. Ahead of Thursday’s meeting of the budget committee, councillors Susan Stevenson and Paul Van Meerbergen are proposing a motion to have city hall staff come […]
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SARNIA — A young Windsor man who led various police units throughout Southwestern Ontario on a wild high-speed chase from Grand Bend to his hometown last summer called it an extremely foolish mistake. “I’ve learned a very valuable lesson through all this,” Jakob Monforton said to a Sarnia judge as he was being fined $4,000 […]
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One plot of land, two different possible outcomes for northwest London: a new high school or more than 600 units of housing in multiple buildings. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at a pitch to help round out a subdivision near the city’s northern border. A SECONDARY SCHOOL? Developer Landea Developments Inc. has put […]
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A London builder is ready to embrace an extensive, and costly, nod to heritage in order to build residential towers in the Oxford Street and Richmond Row area.