London city councillors have endorsed dismantling a homeless encampment and on-site service depot after a Sunday night fire and explosion at a park. Members of city council’s community and protective services committee unanimously backed an emergency motion at a Monday meeting to order city staff to help relocate 39 people living in the encampment at […]
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The reconstruction of a much-loved Old South coffee shop and bakery destroyed by fire two years ago has begun, with its owners eyeing a fall opening. The new Black Walnut Bakery and Cafe, at the corner of Wortley Road and Craig Street in London’s Wortley Village neighbourhood, is beginning to take shape as construction […]
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Students in the international baccalaureate diploma program at Oakridge secondary school are learning about real world political problems
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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 […]
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The Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre is hours away from shutting down the Jordan's Principle program
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An embattled outreach agency for street-level sex workers is suing its former director, alleging failures to submit various tax filings to the Canada Revenue Agency during her tenure on the board. SafeSpace London – a drop-in centre that supports sex workers, other women and non-binary people – has launched a legal action against its former director and […]
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London's latest mega-development is in motion. And believe it or not, this one's not in the city's booming northwest.
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A popular craft beer brand with deep Toronto roots soon will be brewed exclusively in London.
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Out to future-proof its rapid growth, the town is preparing in more ways than one. This is Part Five of Postmedia's How Canada Wins series.
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Odd Burger is walking back plans to expand into America, citing worsening Canada-U.S. relations as a key factor.