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London police will receive $150,000 from the Ontario government to support victims of crime and improve the reporting of hate-motivated incidents, local MPP Rob Flack has announced. The funding, part of a broader provincial plan, will be also be used to establish a “dedicated hate-incident reporting platform,” according to a statement from Flack, MPP for […]
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Central Elgin is establishing a planning department to prepare for a population surge driven by Volkswagen’s massive electric vehicle battery plant scheduled to open in neighbouring St. Thomas in 2027. A largely rural municipality bordering St. Thomas, Central Elgin announced Tuesday it starting a “transformative initiative” by seeking a planning manager, senior planner and planning […]
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A rookie London MP who was born in Burundi is one of three new faces in a slimmed-down federal Liberal cabinet unveiled Friday. Arielle Kayabaga, who announced her intention to seek the Liberal nomination in London West almost exactly four years ago during her first term on London city council, was named government House leader and […]
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LFP reporter Jane Sims visited the four London ridings on Thursday morning to ask citizens who they voted for in the Ontario election, and why? Here are their answers LONDON-FANSHAWE On the ballot: Teresa Armstrong (NDP)*;  Dave Durnin (Freedom Party); Kevin May (Liberal); Alan John McDonald (Independent); Wil Osbourne-Sorrell (Green); Peter Vanderley (Progressive Conservatives); Christopher […]
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Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles campaigned in London Monday night, looking to boost her party’s three local MPPs seeking re-election while downplaying the controversial late exit of a New Democrat hopeful in the city’s fourth riding. Days from Thursday’s election, Stiles was at Winks Eatery downtown to greet about 100 people after a daylong blitz […]
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An NDP candidate in a London-area riding who said she secretly wanted to be black woman dropped out of the race Thursday. Amanda Zavitz, who was running in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London, posted on social media she was quitting because of comments she made in a lecture in New York that surfaced this week. “After […]
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Home to a factory being built by Volkswagen that could become the largest in Canada, and auto parts plants that employ thousands, fears over Donald Trump tariff threats abound on the Ontario election campaign trail in the riding of Elgin-Middlesex-London. LFP reporter Brian Williams digs into the political realities and what the three major parties […]