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City hall has a $60M budget surplus. You’ll get some of that back: Mayor

Thu, 04/24/2025 - 09:27 London Free Press

London’s mayor is pledging to provide relief to taxpayers in the final year of his term as a new city hall report details a budget surplus of nearly $60 million. The staff report on the city’s 2024 year-end operating budget outlines a $58.8 million surplus on the property tax budget, and a $700,000 surplus on […]

The Conference Board of Canada in its recent Major City Insights report, states the London and region economy will grow by 1.7 per cent this year, after growing 1.9 per cent in 2024.

Wed, 04/16/2025 - 07:12 London Free Press

A leading financial agency is forecasting solid economic growth for London, defying fears of a downturn amid a trade and tariff war between the U.S, and Canada. The Conference Board of Canada in its recent major city insights report, predicts the London and region economy will grow by 1.7 per cent this year, after growing […]

Pearson: Tough times ahead may herald Canadian renewal

Sat, 04/12/2025 - 00:06 London Free Press

Could our present pains be the birth pangs of a new life for this country? We're about to find out.

In the factory or on the pasture, ‘failure is not an option’

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 15:52 The Lucknow Sentinel

Jim Whitley's “git ‘er done” farm skills aided him in manufacturing, but his Honda experience benefitted the farm and pasture too

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Luxury home sales increase amid slump in London-area market

Tue, 04/08/2025 - 08:17 London Free Press

Home sales in the London region plunged in the first quarter this year, but one segment of the local market seems to be bucking the trend.

London-area home sales plummet, again, as listings pile up

Thu, 04/03/2025 - 10:03 London Free Press

Home sales in the London area plummeted in March, new figures show, deepening a slump that’s now run through the first quarter of 2025. Only 508 homes were sold last month in the London area, which also takes in Strathroy, St. Thomas and portions of Middlesex and Elgin counties, the London and St. Thomas Association […]

Drewlo Holdings sweetens pot for tenants in rent-save-own program

Wed, 04/02/2025 - 08:57 London Free Press

One of London’s largest landlords is revamping a program to help renters get into homeownership, boosting how much residents can save toward the price of a new home

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The 2,300 acre farm, about a mile from Lake Erie and spanning the rural communities, is a working cash crop operation but potential buyers are nervous about the market for corn, wheat and beans grow

Thu, 03/20/2025 - 07:54 London Free Press

One of Ontario’s largest working farms for sale has hit the market just outside London for $72.1 million, only to be met with a chilly response from potential buyers due to tariff threats on agriculture exports to the U.S. The 930-hectare (2,300-acre) farm is located about 1.5 kilometres from Lake Erie in Malahide Townshp and […]