Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared an OPP tactical officer who fired a less-lethal weapon at a knife-wielding man during a standoff at a Seaforth home four months ago. Ontario Provincial Police were called on Dec. 20 around 3:30 p.m. to a domestic disturbance at a Seaforth home where a resident asked police to remove a […]
London Free Press
A 24-year-old faces charges, including impaired operation, after a boat capsized near a boat launch in Port Stanley, Ontario Provincial police say. The boat overturned near the launch on Carlow Road in the beachside community about 40 kilometres south of London at about 5 p.m. on April 13, Elgin OPP said. Police, paramedics and Central […]
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Ontario’s police watchdog has cleared London police of wrongdoing in the death of a senior who jumped from the balcony of his apartment six days before Christmas. Two police officers were sent to an apartment building near Southdale Road and Pomeroy Lane in southwest London on Dec. 19 shortly after 1 p.m. to apprehend a […]
Interlochen Public Radio
We're using more power, some of the electric grid is a century old, and severe storms caused by climate change are battering the distribution system, all while trying to make the transition to renewable power and clean energy.
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 […]
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The cost of many new vehicles on dealership lots across Canada will soon climb. Canada’s counter-tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles will hike the price about $5,000 to $6,000 on average when they hit lots here, with amounts ranging from $2,500 to $12,000, depending on the vehicle, industry experts say. “Every automotive manufacturer is meeting with dealers, […]
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer traveled to Washington D.C. this week and got ambushed by President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. But, is Whitmer making a smart political bet that Americans want more politicians working together across the aisle?
London Free Press
A Sarnia man has been sentenced to nearly nine years in prison for two counts of fentanyl trafficking, including one linked to a $53,000 drug bust in 2022 Sarnia police said uncovered a record amount of pure fentanyl. Derrick Peachey pleaded guilty in January to the charges linked to a pair of drug busts just three months […]
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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Hit hard by U.S. tariffs and slow sales, Cami Assembly is cutting 450 jobs and shutting down for several months.
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Cougars are making a comeback. The iconic wildcat hasn’t had a breeding population in the Great Lakes states since the early 1900s, but now they’re moving east. Experts say they could be back soon. Some people swear they already are.
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Measles cases continue to increase in the Southwestern Ontario epicentre of an outbreak spreading across the province