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The London Nationals swept away defending Sutherland Cup champion Listowel in the first round of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs. Last year’s Cup finalists, however, are already proving a much more difficult test. The first-place St. Marys Lincolns jumped out to a four-goal lead in a Western Conference semifinal series-opening 4-2 victory over […]
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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 […]
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The London Nationals lost a heart-breaking seven-game playoff conference final to the St. Marys Lincolns last year. But through it, the Junior B club gained one of their biggest-name bench bosses in franchise history. “It was that series that really made me want to coach,” said ex-NHLer and London Knights grad Brandon Prust, who was […]
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Trump tariffs poised to hammer Canada’s auto industry could slash the London region automotive workforce by half, as the cost of exports to the U.S. will spike, industry observers say. With more than 20,000 employed in the automotive sector here, about 10,000 jobs may be lost within weeks of tariffs being imposed, they said. That […]
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KITCHENER – Landon Sim got even the right way. The London Knights forward made a game-changing pass on Sam O’Reilly’s third-period winner to beat the Kitchener Rangers 2-1 before 7,279 Tuesday at the Memorial Auditorium. A period earlier, he had been all kinds of upset after being forced into a fight with Blueshirts defenceman Andrew […]
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Corey Perry is hoping there are a few more long playoff runs left in his hockey career. The Edmonton Oilers forward, who turns 40 in May, made it back to London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the London Knights’ 2005 Memorial Cup championship Tuesday at Canada Life Place. He would love to still be […]