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Dyer: After Trump’s smashing of world order, what’s next?

Fri, 04/11/2025 - 00:14 London Free Press

Trump's "tariffs on everybody" policy offers a glimpse of what may come: the U.S. against the world, with Russia its only great power ally

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The lights are coming back on. How can utilities prepare for next time?

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 16:00 Interlochen Public Radio

With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.

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USDA unfreezes clean energy money — but with DEI, climate fine print

Fri, 04/04/2025 - 15:09 Interlochen Public Radio

The agency is moving to get gridlocked money to farmers and business owners. Some worry about the implications of its guidance around DEI and climate language.

Councillor loses bid to quash homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid

Wed, 04/02/2025 - 14:07 London Free Press

Funding for homeless drop-in services at Ark Aid Street Mission will continue to flow, despite the ward councillor putting up an intense fight to halt it. In a 9-5 vote at a city council meeting Tuesday, councillors resurrected a motion quashed at a committee meeting in March to give $611,000 to the agency so it […]

Letters to the Editor: April 2, 2025

Wed, 04/02/2025 - 00:08 London Free Press

Get with the times

Mayors preach calm as Southwestern Ontario braces for auto tariffs

Mon, 03/31/2025 - 10:29 London Free Press

Southwestern Ontario mayors are bracing for job losses due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war, but remain optimistic

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London police board merges two top civilian roles

Sat, 03/29/2025 - 13:32 London Free Press

The London police board has consolidated two of the force’s top civilian positions and will hire a head hunting agency to help fill the newly created role.

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Letters to the Editor: March 28, 2025

Fri, 03/28/2025 - 06:02 London Free Press

Free Press readers share their thoughts on Mark Carney

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Four-member London Transit board meets day after vote to kill it

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 22:12 London Free Press

It was business as usual Wednesday for the governing body of London Transit, despite a city council committee endorsement the night before to dismiss its decision-makers. The remaining four London Transit commissioners, along with the agency’s staffers, met at the commission’s Highbury Avenue office as scheduled, and made no mention of Tuesday’s vote. “We’re a […]

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Oxford County approves 254-home proposal rejected by Woodstock

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 17:56 London Free Press

Despite Woodstock politicians rejecting a proposed 254-home subdivision citing density concerns, Oxford County council has pushed the development forward.

COMMENTARY: Attacks threaten Canada-US teamwork on Great Lakes

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:45 Great Lakes Commission

The executive director of FLOW (For Love of Water), a law and policy center in Traverse City, Michigan, says the partnership between Canada and the United States regarding the Great […]

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Traffic woes: City council revives ring road, wider Wonderland Road plans

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 09:43 London Free Press

What for decades has been the butt of a joke at city hall about missed opportunities suddenly became a little more serious Tuesday after politicians endorsed lobbying Queen’s Park for a ring road. In a 12-3 vote, city council, sitting as the strategic priorities and policy committee, voted to support having the mayor and city […]

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