The London Food Bank is entering the all-important final weekend of its spring food drive, an annual campaign that’s coming amid relentless demand for assistance and trade war uncertainty. Leading into the Easter weekend, food donations are up from the same point in the 2024 campaign, London Food Bank co-executive director Jane Roy said Thursday, […]
Thirteen school trips to the U.S. approved by the Thames Valley District school board! Who sits on this board?
U.S.-Canada trade tensions led to a steep drop in Canadians heading south last month – a trend that, if it continues, could help boost the London region’s tourism sector, an industry watcher says. Some 1.5 million Canadians made return trips to the U.S. by car in March, a 31.9 per cent drop from the same […]
Get ready for the sticker shock slowdown. The price of Canadian-made vehicles hitting U.S. dealer lots after tariffs are applied will rise between $2,500 and $15,000, depending on the model, says a recent report from a U.S. business consulting group. That price jump may slow sales of vehicles made here, and see automakers cut production […]
Governments at all levels are being urged to buy Ingersoll-made commercial vans to support workers here as fears rise over fallout from the U.S. trade and tariff war.
Southwestern Ontario RV dealerships are bracing for the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war on the industry.
Passenger vehicle traffic at the Blue Water Bridge was down 23 per cent in March compared to the same month last year amid the trade war.
An unexpected failure of a weld on a 54-inch steel water main caused millions of dollars in damage in Detroit, Michigan. and is prompting the Great Lakes Water Authority to […]
The London region’s unemployment rate improved in March as the local economy added 2,200 new jobs, a strong showing that doesn’t yet reflect the impact of the trade war between Canada and the U.S. The region’s jobless rate now sits at 5.9 per cent, down from February’s 6.6 per cent, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Including […]
Tariffs landed with a thud in Ontario’s industrial heartland Thursday, shuttering one major automaker and spreading uncertainty among smaller automotive parts suppliers across the London. The U.S. held to its pledge to punish manufacturers shipping goods south of the border, charging a 25 per cent tariff on automobiles, tariffs on some automotive parts in addition […]
A Free Press reader suggests removing the homeless and panhandlers loitering downtown and accommodate them along Hamilton Road.
Mayor Josh Morgan and the city's economic development agency respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's latest decrees on tariffs