Opioid settlements with companies like Purdue Pharma, Walmart, and Johnson & Johnson have led to headline-grabbing multibillion-dollar payouts. But most of the windfall is flowing to state and local governments, not directly to victims of the crisis.
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Police say a fifth person has died after a Friday afternoon crash northeast of London.
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“Several people” died in a crash Friday northeast of London involving a transport truck and two SUVs, an OPP officer says. “There’s several people that have been pronounced deceased (at the scene),” OPP Sgt. Ed Sanchuk said. “Nobody has told me any ages at all, I’ve just been told we have multiple casualties.” The transport […]
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Almost 900 students from 49 high schools in the London region are taking part in the two-day track and field meet
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As budget deadlines loom, the state House and Senate fiscal agencies both project a softening economy will leave the Legislature with less money to work with than initially projected in January. Plus, state Representative Joe Tate jumps into the U.S. Senate race, and Governor Whitmer dodges on former President Joe Biden’s health.
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The national U Sports champion Western track and field team will provide 12 athletes to Canada’s 50-member athletics team for the FISU Summer World University Games in Bochum, Germany July 21-27.
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At least two Southwestern Ontario Catholic school boards say they've sent officials to a three-day conference at a luxury hotel and casino in Windsor
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High school athletes from across the London region competed on the first day of the TVRA track and field championships
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Roop Chanderdat is sticking with history and tradition. Though the London Majors will play two Intercounty Baseball League home games this summer as the Forest City Cobra Chickens, there is no name change forthcoming. “We’re the Majors,” the club’s longtime co-owner and manager said. “It’s exciting that an April fool’s joke took off like that. […]
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Clarke Road plays Beal in their Tier 2 varsity baseball game at Aldridge Field at Stronach on Thursday.