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Landon Sim credits suspension-related ‘wake-up call’ for offensive spark

Fri, 01/31/2025 - 08:59 London Free Press

In the early part of the Ontario Hockey League season, Landon Sim was widely known as the London Knight suspended for calling an opposing player a "Mennonite."

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ANALYSIS: Trump tariffs would hammer Ontario auto, agri-food sectors

Fri, 01/31/2025 - 08:03 London Free Press

Southwestern Ontario may be Ground Zero for the impact U.S. tariffs would have on the provincial economy, national economists warned.

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Trumped: What to know about Ontario’s looming snap election

Mon, 01/27/2025 - 07:45 London Free Press

The Trump factor, the issues, the horse race - and more

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Arsonist profiler sees possible clues in ‘scary’ rash of rural fires

Thu, 01/23/2025 - 12:25 London Free Press

A criminal profiler says he sees clues in the rash of rural fires across a Southwestern Ontario community that's raised citizen concerns a serial arsonist may be on the loose.

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Q+A: Mayor Josh Morgan looks ahead to London’s 2025 challenges

Thu, 01/02/2025 - 11:13 London Free Press

There has been no shortage of issues for Mayor Josh Morgan to tackle, from housing and homelessness, to an exploding population, and property tax hikes

Q+A: Mayor Josh Morgan looks ahead to London's 2025 challenges

Thu, 01/02/2025 - 11:00 London Free Press

There has been no shortage of issues for Mayor Josh Morgan to tackle, from housing and homelessness, to an exploding population, and property tax hikes

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London’s Hollywood watch-master reflects on marking time, making it count

Mon, 12/30/2024 - 11:59 London Free Press

A lifelong expertise, a shopful of specialized tools and a worldwide reputation â yet, here was Derek Dier trying to colour a vintage diamond-and-gold watch with a pink magic marker. When Hollywood calls and when Hollywood helps your business, you jump. The propmaster for the hit series Mad Men had

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At London’s ‘community fridge,’ endless need and a call for more help

Fri, 12/27/2024 - 09:23 London Free Press

Shilon Shassan is lucky on this occasion. Thereâs milk. The London woman comes to Community Fridge London, a free food site on Base Line Road, three to four times a week to get food for her family and this was a good visit. Milk was available. âIt’s a big help

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Accused over thumbnails: Inside one family’s digital nightmare

Mon, 12/16/2024 - 07:26 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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One year in, signs of promise and progress at London’s ‘House of Hope’

Sat, 11/23/2024 - 09:24 London Free Press

Statistics from the first year suggest that highly supportive housing changes the lives of even the most troubled people living on London's streets and make the streets themselves safer for everyone.